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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

shook his head helplessly. “Yeah, if I’d known he was in Shaville, I would’ve

Is there someone there?” Yvonne asked, still a bit


arched a brow. “Goodbye,

Mom!” Yvonne waved her little

the two of them through the rearview mirror, I actually felt a sense

act together, and my ex can handle

brought much with me the last time I was here, so I just needed to pack up a

worried I was just putting on a brave face and hadn’t really gotten over it, so every now and then they’d check in to make sure

heard I was heading to Shaville, they figured I was still stuck in the past, just trying to run

time, I’d chat with them about how things were going–work

for over ten minutes, another call

hadn’t reached out to her at all. Now that she was calling, she must’ve heard

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ended the call with my mom

at Nathan’s

my tone a little heavy. “Yeah, I know

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it get to you, okay? Seriously, Nathan promised to be with someone else, but he still came after

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