Heath struggled to catch his breath, especially as Jubilee curled up next to him in the hot tub. The night was calm, but his mind hardly was.
I love you. I think I’ve loved you for a long, long time.
He didn’t deserve her love. That didn’t mean he didn’t drink it up like finding water in a desert. Hearing those words…they were everything.
Jubilee hummed under her breath before looking up at him. Her eyes sparkled in the low light, her cheeks flushed.
But she was leaving Fair Haven, wasn’t she? Seattle wasn’t that far, not really, but it would be a parting regardless. She would most likely meet someone more suited for her: someone her age, someone without a past like his. His stomach twisted at the thought of her with someone else. He didn’t know if he had the strength to let her go, ev
