Jax and Sullivan have known Serra since they were children and through the machinations of her mother they lost contact. They "claimed" to always love her and was waiting for her but they still slept with other women in the separation. They were never really together but I think if you are waiting for someone you should actually WAIT. She was a virgin which totally made me hate the book. I don't mind if both are having sex with others during the separation but I absolutely HATE it when the author makes the heroine this ultra pure virgin and the men are whoring around because they have so called needs. Women have needs too dammit!! If I didn't want to see what happened to Serra's mother this would be a DNF for me.