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

“Of course you’re not perfect in every way, Moo. You can’t talk to girls, or guys, for that matter. Your drawings aren’t perfect yet. You mistook my order recently and your bartending skills could use some work. You also kiss with too much tongue. Trust me, you have space to learn and grow,” Liam explained as Milo flushed at the mention of The Night. “But you’re perfectly imperfect. Those things make you Milo I like.”


Milo lowered his eyes and smiled. His flaws were categorized in his head so he could work on them in the future, but he also couldn’t help feeling lighter than ever. And warmer, much warmer.


“Let’s begin. You’re not getting out of it,” Milo responded before getting up with ease. He laughed as Liam made an offended noise and threw a fist of sand in Milo’s general direction with irritation. He missed.


Chapter 47