Hertha blinked innocently, puzzled at the accusation of being naive.

Kimberly pressed on, "Do you really think it's just by chance he moved next door? Come on!"

"It's just a coincidence," Hertha insisted.

"Only you would believe that. In a place as big as Starhaven, with its myriad neighborhoods, he ends up right next to you? Use your head!"

It was as if a lightbulb went off in Hertha's head, a moment of sudden clarity.

did Alaric Falconer choose hers,

it up to coincidence. But he knew. She'd actually believed in mere happenstance, but her mother's words

speculation. What if it's not like that?" Hertha

why I'm testing

his passport and marry me. That's

hint of mischief, "You think you're not naive? Marriage isn't just about having a passport

website on Gøøglᴇ

be with you. If he brings that passport, it shows he's determined to marry you. If not, and he

duly impressed, "You're right; experience does

at odds with his family. Going back to discuss the passport, even if he gets it, he might never be welcome in the Falconer household again.

for him because of his status?"

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