The Second-Chance Groom
Five years of marriage, Mei thought as she stood in the open doorway of her apartment, face-to-face with her husband. Five years and it had come to them not knowing where they stood with each other.
Only a millisecond had passed since she'd heard his key in the lock. But it seemed so much longer as she took in every detail of him.
Tall and worked-tanned, with the well-defined muscles of a firefighter who had been honing his body daily ever since he'd decided to dedicate himself to the job. His hair was dark, clipped short, but still long enough to run her hands through. His face was strong-featured, with a chisled jaw and a cleft in his chin. His eyes, a clash of green and gray. His nose, crooked from the time he'd broken it while attempting to administer medical aid to a frantic man his crew had extracted from a burning building.
A hero.
And a husband, too, even though Mei struggled with a terrible fear that battling blazes filled a void that her love couldn't.
"Mei," he said softly.
She was so tempted to run to him….
But he was the one who had decided to leave. Travis turned around to close the door, then gestured toward it.
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