HE TRAVELED TO FLORIDA TO ESCAPE THE WOMAN WHO SHATTERED HIS HEART—THEN FOUND HIS EX ON THE SHORE WITH TWINS WHO SHARED HIS EYES

because of the past.

Not because of guilt.

Not because of the children.

But because trust, slowly and patiently rebuilt, had finally found its way home.

As the sun disappeared beneath the horizon, Elise looked up from her sandcastle.

“Mom?”

“Yes, sweetheart?”

“Can Daddy stay forever?”

Marin glanced at Caleb.

Then she squeezed his hand.

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