My Bittersweet Summer (29 page)

Authors: Starla Huchton

BOOK: My Bittersweet Summer

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“You were supposed to be a jerk,” I whispered, my throat tight. “You weren’t supposed to be…”

“Supposed to be what?”

I leaned my forehead against his. “You weren’t supposed to be the person I’d want, out of anyone, to sit next to on this plane.”

“I guess I’m just full of surprises.” He brushed away the tears that slipped down my face. “Did you know that Paris has forty-nine footbridges?”

I bit down on a smile. “What does that have to do with anything?”

“I ask,” he said against my mouth, “because I want you to know something else.”

My breathing hitched, and I was barely able to think past the fact that he was actually there with me. That, for some reason, I didn’t have to wake up from the best dream I’d ever had. “What’s that?”

“That you’re not allowed to leave Paris until I’ve kissed you on every last one of them.”

When I pressed my lips to his, it was a first kiss all over again. Zach was more than I’d ever given him credit for being. We may have started off rough, but what we’d become felt like something we’d worked really hard to earn. I was his reward, and he was mine. I didn’t need a bridge over the River Seine to know how much he meant to me. The stuffed Mighty Mouse he gave me on the plane, the one that would sit on my bed in my dorm room at college, was a cute reminder of what we’d come through, but it was impossible to forget anyway. It’s funny how the things in life that we think are set in stone, turn out to be something else entirely. Of all the things I’d thought Zach was over the years, that he might be the best thing that ever happened to me never crossed my mind. But after that summer, I couldn’t imagine my life without him.

And, thanks to Paris, I didn’t have to.

About the Author

A geek of all trades, Starla Huchton has been crafting stories in various genres since 2007. She is a three-time finalist for Parsec Awards for her podcast fiction work, and was the first place winner for Science Fiction & Fantasy in the Sandy competition in 2012. Her work spans Science Fiction, Fantasy, New Adult Romance, Young Adult titles, Steampunk, Contemporary, and various other varieties of stories. She is greedy and likes all the genres!

When not writing, Starla trains three Minions, a black lab, and a military husband whilst designing book covers for independent authors and publishers at http://www.designedbystarla.com.

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