Uniquely In Love

By: Jennifer Chipman

They say you never forget your first love...

Ellie Bradford

I couldn't tell you when I fell in love with Owen Harper. He was my first everything-first love, first kiss, first... Well, you know. I never thought that I'd call him anything but mine. But that was the thing about first loves. They weren't made to last. Owen was destined for greater things, and I couldn't be the one to stand in his way. So I broke both our hearts, and walked away.

But after a heated reunion, I knew I'd made a mistake all those years ago. I would have done anything to win him back. To call him mine again.

Even starting over in a brand new city all by myself.

Owen Harper

Ellie Bradford is the only woman I've ever loved-and the one who broke my heart. The day she ended us, I didn't just lose the girl who I thought was the love of my life, that one I planned to marry someday-I lost my best friend, too.

Five years later, I was home at the end of hockey season. Seeing her again, I knew my feelings hadn't gone anywhere. But one last night together proved to me that I needed closure. She wasn't mine anymore.

Then she showed up in Seattle, in the stands at my hockey game.

When her apartment flooded, despite my promise to move on, I offered her my spare bedroom. Even though I knew I should have been protecting my heart, it was hard not to feel like we were finally getting our second chance.

I just hoped that this time, she'd stay.