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Nathan would lose me, sure, but his career would get a second wind. If my investments worked out, everyone would get a piece of the pie.

My head finally overruled my heart.

“Let’s not meet up this time. I’ll call you when I’m back in Shaville,” I said.

Nathan sounded disappointed. “But I hurried back just to see you.”

“There’ll be plenty of chances for us to meet. No need to squeeze it in now,” I reassured him.

Nathan didn’t want to hang up, but I ended the call anyway. I headed out of the mall with Yvonne and dropped her off with Jared.

Jared was waiting for us at the entrance. When he saw our car pull up, he walked over and opened the back door.

“Dad…” Yvonne called out, her voice soft and a little clingy.

Jared gently ruffled her hair, then turned to me. “Where are you off to now?”

“Just heading home to pack a few things before I head back to Shaville,” I replied.

Jared looked at me with a complicated expression, then said, “I’m starting to regret letting you go to Shaville.”

just smiled. “Mr. Holcomb, no matter how clever your schemes are, even the best–laid plans can’t beat fate. Sometimes, you just have to

head helplessly. “Yeah, if I’d known he was in Shaville, I

Is there someone there?”


brow. “Goodbye, Mr.

her little hand at my

I watched the two of them through the rearview mirror, I

finally got her act together, and my ex can

I hadn’t really brought much with me the last time I was here, so I just needed to pack up

was doing. Ever since the divorce, they’ve always worried I was just putting on a brave face and hadn’t

to Shaville, they figured I was still stuck in the past, just trying to run away from

time, I’d chat with them about how things were going–work stuff, daily life, all the little

minutes, another call

out to her at all.

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happened at Nathan’s company?” Melissa asked,

let out a sigh, my tone a little heavy. “Yeah, I know all

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else, but he still came after you.

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