Liam cancelled his wedding when his fiancé Jasper ran away with his best friend. About to go on the honeymoon alone, Liam meets eighteen-year-old Milo, who desperately wants an airline ticket to anywhere. Two strangers board the plane; two near-friends deplane, then live together in a hotel room on an exotic island, developing a unique relationship. Back in England, Jasper has to face reality without Liam and starts to realize what that actually means.<br><br>Then new information about their wedding and insights into their past relationship surface and the truth stops being black and white. If Jasper’s best friend didn’t confess before the wedding, would he still have run away? If Liam didn’t meet Milo at the airport, would he still have boarded the plane? Was it destined to go exactly this way, no matter what? Sometimes choice is ripped away from us and we are left to deal with the consequences.<br><br>With so many things out of their control, can Liam and Jasper heal themselves and their relationship?

Heal

“Were you watching me, Moo? Kind of creepy,” Liam commented and without a word sat down next to Milo.


“I thought something happened to you when I woke up and you weren’t there. Just wanted to check if everything was all right,” Milo replied, appearing to be unbothered by last night.


He probably was, Liam realized looking at flushed cheeks and noticing his inability to make eye contact.


“Everything’s okay now. Thank you.” Liam motioned to the necklace and Milo just nodded.


“You’re so clumsy. What would Jasper think if you lost his precious necklace?”


Liam felt the breath being punched out of his lungs and he looked at the smirking Milo. “How do you know that name?” Liam spluttered. He started to fear his habit of talking in his sleep emerged. He wouldn’t live through the embarrassment if it did.


Chapter 44