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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.

all the neighborhoods in Starhaven, why did Alaric Falconer choose hers, and not just the

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

just speculation. What if it's not

I'm testing him," Kimberly

his passport and marry me. That's not testing; that's

"You think you're not naive? Marriage isn't just about having a passport in hand. When I told him to get his passport, I was gauging

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his mother's disapproval? A man in love will overcome any obstacle to be with you. If he brings that passport, it shows he's determined to marry you. If not, and he comes up with excuses, then he's not ready.

duly impressed, "You're right; experience does come with

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. He

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