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#1
Resisting Forever
2022
Sam
What if I hadn’t left her standing on the porch steps?
What if I asked her to come with me?
What if I told her I’d follow her?
What if I gave long-distance a chance?
What if I kept my forever wrapped in my arms and did anything I could to keep her there?
Eight years of “what if,” “maybe we could have made it,” and “why didn’t I try” haunt me daily. Eight years ago, I did the noble thing and pushed Brooke to follow her dreams. Now I spend hours every day looking for her in the crowds. Every time I board a plane, I search for her and hope that someday fate will bring us together the way I promised her it would. I regretted my decision to walk away from her as soon as I did it. I knew it was the only way she’d chase her dreams. I didn’t want to be why she didn’t live the life she dreamed about, and I didn’t want her to resent me.
Brooke
I watched Sam walk away. I waited for him to turn around and change his mind. I waited for him to come back for me, but he didn’t. I did what he told me to do. I chased my dreams, and now when I go back to Blossom Springs, I can’t help but wonder what would have happened if he turned around that day and looked back at me. He promised that one day fate would bring us together. I search airports, restaurants, and crowded streets, looking for him, and hope that he’s doing the same.
Their paths cross in the most unexpected place: their hometown, a place both of them avoid. Sam hopes that the sparks that fly between them last more than the week they’re both in town, but Brooke doesn’t want to talk about more than just the week because she’s never believed in forever and refuses to say the word or make plans that might lead toward the four-word question, two-word promise, and ring that comes with those things.
CONTENT NOTE: Contains mature content and sensitive situations not suitable for some audiences. Contains discussion of parent abandonment and divorce.
AUTHOR NOTE: Resisting Forever was previously published in the Resisting You Anthology. This is an extended novella containing an additional chapter and bonus scene.

#3
Finding Forever
2022
Roger
“Be my fake boyfriend for ten minutes, please.” Those eight words haunt me. I was at a buddy's bar to watch a concert. Pretending to be a boyfriend wasn't part of my plans, but she was scared. I dropped my arm over her shoulder and played the part of the doting boyfriend. I should have made sure she got home safely by calling her a cab or rideshare. But after an unexpected night laughing more than I had in months, I couldn't say no when she asked if I wanted company in my hotel room.
When I realized the next morning that she wasn't twenty-one, I bailed. I regret it. But what am I supposed to do? I only know her first name and where she goes to college. College! She's in college. I'm over thirty and the only person who has ever made me think I'd want more than a night or two isn't old enough to buy a beer.
Lily
I've never understood why age differences matter as long as you're both consenting adults. Roger and I had fun and the chemistry was off the charts. Why does it matter that I'm not twenty-one and I'm still in college? All I know about him is his first name, he lives a couple of hours away, he's friends with the owner of the bar we were at, and he has some impressive ink work. I also overheard him telling the bartender that he could squeeze him in for a cover-up next week. Roger may not have told me he's a tattoo artist, but I paid attention and figured it out. Now, I just have to find him and prove to him that age is just a number. He's going to marry me. He just doesn't know it yet.
Author

Jlynn Autumn
Author · 8 books
JLynn Autumn is a part-time writer who dreams of the day she can be a full-time writer. She’s a lifelong bookworm. She’s a reader, a writer, and an advocate. She’s passionate about social justice, education reform, and special education service equity. She is married to her “game changer.” The man who showed her that being made a priority and treated with respect should be the standard not the exception. They have one daughter, who is sassy, bossy, opinionated, and keeps them on their toes. JLynn Autumn thinks coffee is a magic liquid that brings her to life most mornings; pizza and tacos should be their own food group; late nights are always better than early mornings; houseplants are a waste of space and will always be forgotten about and die; and that poodles and poodle mixes are the best pets. She’s a huge fan of snark, sarcasm, and happily ever after in real life and in books.