Just Rules (27 page)

L’Escalier, a few months later.

The celebration dinner was going to take place in the most exclusive restaurant in Boston. The club’s administration had reserved the entire place in order to treat the players and their families, and the entire coaching staff of the Patriots, after one of the best seasons in history. However, the staff at L’Escalier was smart enough to not decorate the place until finding out the results of the game. The dinner would take place even if the team didn’t win the famous Super Bowl, but the atmosphere would be different, as well as the banners and the rest of the surprises planned for that night. The menu would be the same.

They won.

It was a great game. They fought for victory until the end, and they got it.

The New England Patriots had won the Super Bowl.

Rules aren’t always what they seem and there’s no doubt that the love story between Kev and Susana would have had a very different ending if they hadn’t been willing to break them.

If Kev hadn’t decided to change his life and risk his heart, or if Susana had decided to continue to hide her feelings, I wouldn’t have been able to say that sometimes passion, even the most unbridled, is the best way to take a chance on love.

I hope that you got excited about the chocolates, that you laughed about the tequila, and that Kev and Susana’s love stole your heart… and if you’re wondering why you didn’t hear anything else about Tim and Amanda, why I didn’t tell you what happened in Paris, or what happened years ago that made Amanda leave Tim and break his heart, the only thing I can say is that you’ll find out very soon.

Just rules
is the story of Kev and Susana and it’s only theirs. Their chaotic love and their unstoppable passion didn’t leave enough room for anything else. And actually, Tim and Amanda deserve their own story and as many pages as they need to tell it. I promise that soon you’ll be able to read it should you wish it. And I assure you that if you give them a chance you will also fall in love with them.

And as for Harrison, all I can say is that Harry is not at all what you think, and the bullet wound he suffered from the woman he loves isn’t the worst thing she’s done to him. Or maybe she didn’t do it. I have been told that things are not always what they look like.

Before going, I thank you for having chosen
Just rules,
and I thank the entire team at HQÑ for taking such good care of Kev and Susana’s love story. I especially thank M. Eugenia for advising me to trust in my characters’ feelings and for encouraging me to listen very carefully to what they needed to say.

I hope we meet again in the next novel.