“What happened to your hand? Why is it bleeding?” Lydia seized Hannah’s injured hand, her eyes filled with concern.

Waving her hand dismissively, Hannah answered curtly, “Probably caught some glass shards earlier.

I’ll wash up.

Emerging from the restroom, Hannah dried her damp hands and sauntered back to their private nook.

Midway, she bumped directly into Declan and a woman clinging to his arm.

With her alluring eyes and poised manner, the woman was Eliana, who Declan had always considered superior to Hannah.

“Miss Moore, fancy meeting you! Remember me? I’m Eliana.

Though Eliana’s greeting was warm, Hannah’s response was icy.

Sensing the tension, Declan intervened, “We have an appointment with Grandma tomorrow night.

She’s heard about our divorce and wants to meet us.

prepared to move past

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demeanor and frowned, “Places Like this

shot back,

divorce, it’s really

to keep his mounting irritation in check, Declan said, “You seem eager to put space between

gave Declan an odd glance, sizing him up from head to

not in a rush,

Edwards?”

caught in his throat, Declan took Eliana’s hand and

to talk to Miss Moore for a

rounded the corner to light up a cigarette, Eliana walked up to Hannah and said softly, “Miss Moore, I

the unbearable pain of my first loss, I can’t afford to lose Declan

eyebrows knit

“So?”

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