Almost Yours

Rowan

I've imagined kissing Violet Larkin more times than I'll ever admit. Back when we were eighteen and too scared to risk what we had. Back when she'd fall asleep on my shoulder and I'd stare at her mouth, wondering if she wanted me too.

Loving Violet was easy. Believing I was worthy of her was the hard part. So I enlisted and left Lily Ridge before I could ask her to wait for me.

Now I'm back, but one look at the woman in front of me, at the hurt in her eyes, and I know-leaving was the biggest mistake of my life.

I just don't know if I deserve the chance to make it right.

Violet

Rowan Wolfe left without a word. We were never together. He never promised me anything.

It still broke me.

We were a thousand almosts but never brave enough to make it real.

Six years later, Rowan's back in Lily Ridge with calloused hands and guarded eyes. And when he looks at me, everything we left unfinished comes rushing back.

The boy I loved in silence now stands in front of me as a man, and my heart never learned how to let him go.

But what if loving him now only means losing him again?