Eight years ago, he asked me to marry him and I said yes … then I ran.

Ava

Even so, I never dreamed we'd end up here—him hating me for the choices I made to save his career. It's fine. I've moved on.

I've had a few bumps in the road with my rising event planning career, but running my best friend's wedding to her pro-football fiancé will fix all of that. If I pull off the perfect wedding.

There's one more bump I wasn't expecting—my ex, Jett McCombs, is a groomsman, and seeing him again makes two things clear.

I still love him.

He still hates me.

Jett

The last thing I need distracting me in the middle of a championship football season is a wedding, especially not some high-profile circus. And I definitely don't need to face the ghosts of my past and the woman that got away. The woman who gave up on us and shattered my heart.

With her in charge of the over-publicized wedding, there's no avoiding her or the fact that I'm not as over her as I thought.

One thing I know for sure is that I can't trust Ava with my heart ever again.

Someone just needs to tell my heart that.