Chapter 185



Chloe was feeling troubled.

For the past twenty years, her greatest love had been Leah. Loving your mom is just second nature for a kid. Before Lisa came back, Leah's love for Chloe was unconditional, too. But once Lisa returned, everything shifted. Suddenly, Chloe felt like she had no home and no parents.

Her biological mom, Ann? They hadn't even had a face-to-face conversation. Sure, Chloe had looked into her mom's background, but she never visited her in prison. Such feelings could hardly be called love.

So who else was there? Who could she really open up to? The Moncada couple? They had no reason to worry about her. Cassie? She'd gone back to the Gilbert family three years ago. She was too far to help right now.

Only one person remained on Chloe's mind. Connor. When did he become someone she could depend on, someone she trusted?

But...

said, "Gather ye rosebuds while ye may. Old Time

no rose on

was treating him like he was some fragile plant needing a greenhouse. He was cool and

found herself falling for him. Whether she needed to end the

and said, "He's your remedy, and for that alone, I think

sighed, "But

you scared?"

Chloe

of important figures, and the Sartori family of Eldridge City? That was the deepest part of the water Chloe hated scheming and plotting. Being with Connor would inevitably pulther

love him?"

almost blurted out,

she never had to guard herself around. After a

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