Chapter 1
The sun hadn’t even set, and already the island felt too warm.
The kind of warmth that clung to your skin and made you swear everywhere, making everything feel a little too intimate.
The ocean wind carried the scent of salt and hibiscus, as if reminding me where I was… far from home, far from normal, far from anything predictable.
It was A destination wedding. A week of celebration. A perfect escape.
That’s what I told myself when I came here.
What I didn’t know was what nobody bothered to warn me about. Was that Jeremy, my first love would be stepping off the boat today instead of tomorrow.
Tomorrow would’ve given me time to rehearse indifference, to practice a casual nod, maybe even look unaffected.
One moment, the boat was docking; the next, he was there, walking dow
