Not in the Cards

—Melissa—

I was done with internet matches and swiping left and right. The dating pool needed a lifeguard. But just when I decided that love wasn’t in the cards for me, the boy I’d always had a crush on walked into my ER and flashed a smile that told me he wasn’t letting me slip away. I just had to keep his sister’s secret a little longer.

—Jason—

The military was my ticket out of Beaufort, North Carolina. After a career of flying fighter jets for the Navy, I rolled back into my hometown and found the one who got away twenty years ago: my sister’s best friend.

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