CHAPTER 69

I nodded, unable to speak. The lump in my throat was too much, too big, too sticky.

There were probably a thousand people on this beach. Every one of them was screaming and dancing except me.

The only thing we had in common was that every single one of us was falling in love with Conor right now.

But I was not falling for the first time.

The flutters in my stomach, the relentless pounding of my heart, the quick, sharp breaths, they were not new to me.

I was falling in love with him, all over again.

Forever’s just a dream, somethin’ to imagine,

Don’t deny me ’cause it hurts, don’t fight it ’cause it burns,

You know you want me, I’ll give you everythin’,

All I got to give, if you give to me . . .

“It’s you, isn’t it?” Leah said above the noise of the screams. “It’s always you, isn’t it?&rdquo