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But here she was, standing before him with her face bathed in the glow of the setting sun. Twenty-five years ago she had been a cute girl with a sprinkle of freckles across her upturned nose. Now she was a woman of such beauty that she literally took his breath away.

Her skin was golden and smooth. Her hair was also golden now, a darker blond than it had been years ago, the color richer and deeper. Instead of falling halfway down her back as it once had, it just skimmed her delicate shoulders as the wind sifted through it.

Her eyes were closed, her lashes lying thick and dark against her cheeks. He needed to see into her eyes—into her soul. But she kept them shut, her face lifted to the sun.

He couldn't stop himself from reaching out to her. It had been so long since he had touched her. He skimmed his fingertips along the edge of her jaw.

She gasped, but instead of pulling back she leaned closer, and her breath feathered across his lips. "I must be dreaming," she murmured. "This must be a dream…"

His memories of her had always seemed like a dream. But maybe that had been because the memories really weren't his. But she was. It didn't matter how many years had passed since he'd seen her; his soul—his heart—would always know her.

But would she know him once she opened her eyes? Would she realize that he was the boy she had once loved?

He slid his thumb up over her chin and then across her bottom lip. On a shaky sigh, she parted her lips. But she didn't open her eyes. She just murmured a name. "Jordan…"

It wasn't his name anymore. Not in this life…

On the outside, he wasn't the man she had loved. She wouldn't recognize his face. But maybe she would recognize his touch.

His kiss.

He leaned down and closed the distance between his mouth and hers. His hands still cupping her face, he tipped her chin up. Then he brushed his lips gently across hers in a whisper-soft kiss.