*~*Love Note: Jase to Shelby – In Your Eyes by Barbara Speak*~*

Genre:   Contemporary Romance

 Jase Jergensmeyer was the bully that tortured me growing up–the kind of boy who would pull my pigtails and call me names in elementary school. He was never supposed to be anything other than a menace. He wasn’t meant to be anything other than the definition of what I didn’t want.

Things don’t always happen the way we plan, and sometimes we ask God why he puts things in our path, but the most important thing to remember is: Life is an adventure, and if we all knew how it would play out, we never really would be living, would we?

You know me as Shelby, the eight-year-old girl that went through hell with my sister, Ari, but I have my own story to tell.

My sweet, beautiful, spitfire Red,

I know you always say Valentine’s Day is the worst day to express my love because society is telling me to. While I respect your opinion, what happens all too often is I disagree. A day to pour my heart out to you and not feel like an ass kisser makes it that much better for me.

You are the very reason I breathe. You are what makes waking up each day worth it. You can drive me crazier than any other woman on the planet, but I couldn’t live a day without you.

So, on this day, the one I’m not supposed to celebrate, I’m going to remind you why you fell in love with me to begin with.

It’s because I will always be here for you, and I will never let you go. I will strive to be everything you will ever want and need. Because you deserve it.

         Love you always,

                  Jase