Madeline hardened her heart and pulled her arm back as she turned to walk back toward her car.

The sea breeze blew, pushing the tears that brimmed her eyes down her cheeks.

‘You’ve returned to my world, Jeremy, only to leave again.

‘Just where did we go wrong? I just want to love you, is that so difficult?’

Madeline swallowed hard.

She thought that the distance between them was growing, yet it had only been a few steps when the man suddenly strode after her to pull her into his embrace from