HALEY
He was the last person I believed I’d ever see again.
The man who took the best of my heart only to shatter it in the end, leaving me to pick up the pieces.
But when my world crumbled beneath me, he was the only one I wanted by my side.
I had every right to resent Zach Bryant. He left me and my son in the most excruciating way. I mourned his departure. I watched my son waiting for him by the window.
There was no way I could ever trust him again.
Then my life fell apart even more. My past came back to haunt me, and my son’s future was at risk. Just when everything seemed to be crumbling, Zach returned. Ready to reclaim me and my boy.
My heart told me to forgive him. My head still remembered the pain. And it was impossible to keep my distance.
I just didn’t know if I could survive another “goodbye.”
ZACH
Haley was the only woman I’d ever loved. Her boy was the kid I wanted to call “son.”
Leaving them behind was the hardest thing I’d ever done, but I needed to keep them safe.
Yet, all I did was break my family.
For years, I did what I had to do. I jumped from mission to mission, assignment to assignment, doing what was expected of me.
But when it really counted, I failed the people I loved the most.
So, I came home determined to win Haley back. I would stop at nothing to reclaim my woman and boy.
No cartel would keep us apart. No disease would prevent me from being with them.
Haley held my redemption in her hands, and I’d prove to her I was back to stay.
Because, in the end, she was the only place I’d ever truly called home.
