Love letter brings couple together after 16 years

Steve Smith and Carmen Ruiz-Perez, both now 42, fell in love 17 years ago when she was a foreign exchange student in Brixham, southwest England, and got engaged after only a year together.

    But their relationship ended after she moved France to run a shop in Paris.

    A few years later, in a bid to rekindle their love, Smith sent a letter to her mother's home in Spain. It was placed on the mantelpiece, but slipped down behind the fireplace and was lost for over a decade.

    The missing letter was only found when builders removed the fireplace during renovation work.

    "When I got the letter I knew I had to make the call," Ruiz-Perez said.

    "When we met again it was like a film. We met up and fell in love all over again", Kazinform cites Xinhuanet. See www.news.xinhuanet.com for full version.