Rediscovering Peace (Military Love Book 1) by Steffy Rogers Read Free Book Online

heart? I know how that feels. Let me tell you from experience, it gets better and one day in the future you will be ready to open your heart again to someone who deserves it.”
    “I doubt that. I was going to marry this guy and spend the rest of my life with him. But he had to go off and find comfort in another woman. I am done–I will never fall in love again.”
    “Look at it this way, at least you found out before you got married. Imagine being married and finding out he has been cheating on you. Saves you the headache of a divorce. I went through the same when I was about your age. However, it opened the door to something better and my Stan and I have been married for thirty-five years now and have three beautiful children and six grandbabies. I couldn’t be happier. I promise you will find that once in a lifetime love. He wasn’t it.”
    I thought about that for a while. Though her words were comforting, I doubted I could ever open my heart to someone else again. Oliver had left it in pieces and no one would ever be able to put them back together. I sighed and closed my eyes, trying to doze off so I wouldn’t have to think about it anymore.
    I was glad when my plane finally landed. I was ready to get back to my everyday life again just to distract myself. I had already called my boss to let him know that I would be back to work early. He knew me well enough not to question my decision. Tomorrow I would tell him that I wanted to stay here instead of moving to the new office in Colorado Springs–I had no reason to move there anymore. I was hoping he would not ask me for any explanations because I didn’t want to share the new developments of my life just yet. They would notice soon enough that I wasn’t wearing my engagement ring anymore. Ugh. The thought that my life had been turned upside down within a few days made me sick to my stomach. I just wanted to hide from the world and never appear again.
    “There you are. I hate to tell you but you look like shit. Come on and let’s get you home.”
    “You’re charming as ever, Faith. You know every once in a while it would be nice if you wouldn’t tell me the truth. Is it too hard to tell me how great I look?”
    “Okay. You look great, Skye. I think your vacation was really good for you. Happy?”
    “No.”
    I heard her mumbling something about never being able to make it right for me. I couldn’t help myself but I start to laugh. My best friend was a hoot, and I would be lost without her in my life.
    During the ride home she rambled on and on about the stupid people at work and how she was going to kick her boss’ ass one of these days. I loved that Faith wasn’t pushing me for answers–she knew I would talk when I was ready. We made it home relatively fast and I was happy to be there. The more distance I put between Oliver and me, the better.
    I opened the door and was greeted by Caige, who pulled me into one of his bear hugs. He didn’t say anything and I welcomed the silence. He had always known what I needed and right now it was his hug. I finally let all my emotions out and started sobbing. Caige led me over to the couch and I curled up in his lap.
    “Why, Caige? What did I do in my past life to deserve this heartbreak? I was going to become his wife. I can’t believe he would treat me like this. And she wasn’t even pretty, I saw pictures. Ugh. I hate men!!”
    “Hey now, we aren’t all bad. I am not going to tell you that you deserve better because you already know that. I am going to tell you that life goes on. There will be days where you think you can’t breathe because it hurts so badly but every day the pain will become a little less. Eventually you will move on. You are strong, and I promise that Faith and I will be by your side through this whether you want it or not. Oliver is lucky that he is so far away or I would make him disappear. I am sorry you have to experience this, sweetie. Just know that we love you.”
    I couldn’t help