The Billionaire’s Secret Quartet (Thalassa and Elowen)

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.

Starhaven, why did Alaric Falconer choose hers, and not just the same

known where she lived before moving, she could chalk it up to coincidence. But he knew. She'd actually believed in mere happenstance, but her mother's words sparked a realization: Alaric's affection for her was indeed

not like that?" Hertha still harbored doubts about Alaric's

testing him," Kimberly

practically told him to grab his passport and marry me. That's not testing; that's handing me over on

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

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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. Either way, you'll know if marriage is

impressed, "You're right; experience

he gets it, he might never be welcome

for him because of his status?" Kimberly