Chapter 46

Gabe.

Gabe had assumed she’d have a beautiful voice, but he hadn’t known it would shatter his world to hear her.

It was the sound he’d been searching for his whole life. He was in awe. His hand had taken on a mind of its own when it reached out to feel the song, and she’d let him.

He’d been on dozens of dates, and most of them ended without the sparks. It wasn’t something he could put a label on, but he knew when it wasn’t right.

When he’d met Celina, she’d felt different from the start. Maybe it’d been her insistence that she wanted to fix her own leaky sink. Her determination had been admirable. Then he’d seen her with her daughter, and he’d been a goner ever since.

But that voice. He’d known from the moment he’d heard her voice that he wanted to hear it again and again.

He’d been overcome with the need to hold onto it, and she’d let him. When she sang that first word, he knew he’d never be the same again.

She finished the song, and his hand had drifted to her cheek. He wanted to ki