Ruth clutched her suitcase, checking her bag, sifting through her things, trying to find her phone so she could call Aaron. Who is Aaron, you may ask.

Aaron is Ruth’s soulmate, the person she had loved. Ruth and Aaron were dating for 5 years, and they had finally got engaged. Aaron was on a plane to Hawaii, where they’d get married. Ruth was still waiting to get on a plane where a man she thought she’d never see again appeared....

Sam glanced at the woman in the seat again, his eyes round as saucepans. Ruth? He had not seen her in years! She was the love of his life.... Was. You see, Sam and Ruth were lovers back in secondary school. They were deeply in love... or so everyone thought.

Sam and Ruth were actually polar-opposites. They had nothing in common, and their interests conflicted with the other’s. They came from the same clique, but Sam was rude, arrogant, ignorant and disrespectful, whilst Ruth was compassionate, intelligent and helpful. The only thing that kept them together was the fact that their relationship made sense, and their parents approved.

Ruth’s family, the Rossdales, heavily approved of her relationship with Sam, because Sam’s family, the Wolfs, were highly religious and idolised Ruth as she knew some bible verses off by heart, despite not being catholic. The Wolfs also liked Ruth as she was everything Jesus was; caring, kind, helpful, forgiving...

But they — Ruth and Sam — were... Completely on different islands. They wanted different things for their relationship. Ruth wanted a relationship solely based on feelings and thoughts before anything physical, but Sam was quick to jump the train of intimacy and ‘I love you’s’, moving exceptionally swiftly, especially to Ruth’s tastes. They ended breaking up at the end of secondary.

Aaron and Ruth started their romance at their first university, to the heavy disappointment and disagreement of Ruth’s parents. They liked Sam more because of his family’s wealth and social status, something Aaron didn’t own.

However, Ruth was happier with Aaron, and now she was finally getting married. Turning around, she caught sight of something that made her breath cut short... Sam.

Sam also spotted Ruth, and was also slightly taken aback. Their eyes locked and Ruth’s eyes had that fierce intensity from when they broke up... She looked maddeningly murderous. However, Sam’s eyes said something that made Ruth’s heart stop. They were softly voicing Sam’s thoughts... “Come with me, Ruth. We can have another chance.”

At that moment, Ruth knew she had two choices. Join Sam and his wayward ways, despite how... disagreeable they were, and gain the approval of her parents, or catch the flight to Hawaii to marry Aaron, the man she loved, but her parents would blatantly refuse to.

As quick as a flash, Ruth knew her answer and....

Her and Aaron’s wedding was spellbinding; she loved every second of it.