Flora’s Guide to a Second Chance at Love and Life

Bringing her back was never going to be a loss for them. Those two-always so calculating, never letting anything slip by. Even if something seemed useless, they'd find a way to make it work for them.

"You still haven't apologized to me," Fiona said, her voice laced with a playful arrogance.

She was stretched out on the sofa, hands resting on Jackson's thigh, lips tilted into a teasing smile. "If I hadn't seen what was inside that envelope, do you really think I would've let you off so easily?"

Jackson just smirked. "If I had someone deliver that letter to you, it means I already had everything figured out."

Fiona couldn't help but feel a little smug.

She remembered the day she got that breakup letter from Jackson. She was so angry she almost marched straight over to confront him. Breaking up was one thing, but to do it like that? It felt so cold, so impersonal. Since when did they start talking through letters?

But as she ripped the letter apart, she noticed a row of numbers scribbled inside the envelope. Something in her just knew—it had to be a phone number.

and Jackson picked up right

such a good act that not

I missed you," she whispered as she sat up and leaned into

The truth? They were closer than ever. All of it-every argument, every cold shoulder-was just

Jackson beside her, Fiona relaxed, her head on his shoulder. She was asleep within

in another part of town, Amy and Esther from Country M were in the middle

trying to keep her from losing it. "We can't let Jackson and Fiona play us like this.

and wasn't about to listen. She yanked her hand away and

Amy? You think I'm that easy to trick? I told you the Woods family isn't someone we can mess with. Even ewe with the lab backing me, there's no way can go up against Jackson right now. The

to mention she's from the Stonnell family. Both her parents were legends in the last generation. Were you trying to get