Fifteen years apart, but this Christmas, will their love find the net? I’m not usually a fan of the Christmas break. But when it means escaping my friends and their girlfriends for a few days straight, I’m the first bloke on the plane back to England. So here I am, back in the small town I grew up in, ready to spend Christmas with my overbearing mum and way too cheery brother. What I didn’t expect? Grace Turner, aka my first and only love, walking through the door of my mum’s house for Christmas dinner. She’s still the same beautiful woman, with that smile that lights up the room and a presence that makes my heart beat faster than during a hockey game. Grace’s been through a lot, and she’s back in town to piece herself together. I’m only here for a few days, but I spend every moment I can with her. I help her sort through her dad’s house, listen when she needs me to, offer an embarrassing spectacle when I play football (don’t ask), and I even take her to the Christmas market—yes you heard that right. The days blur into one perfect routine, and it’s like the fifteen years we spent apart never happened. For me, it’s crystal clear: now that we’ve found each other again, I’m not leaving without her. But does she feel the same? She came back to heal, to reinvent herself. Asking her to uproot her life and move halfway across the world might just be the worst idea ever… right?
