Sunday, noon.

Gaylord Hearst was hunched over his phone, looking busy as ever. His friend leaned over to sneak a peek at the screen.

One glance, and his friend groaned. "Seriously? It's the weekend. PrimeStar doesn't pay you enough to keep you glued to work even on Saturdays and Sundays. I thought you'd be racking your brain trying to score a date with Ms. Ross right about now."

The overtime was Gaylord's own choice; it had nothing to do with PrimeStar.

Gaylord didn't bother replying.

Back before he found out Charlene wasn't divorced yet, he really had spent most weekends plotting ways to ask her out.

But then Charlene admitted she was still married.

Sure, the way she talked about it, things with her husband were definitely headed for divorce-but, officially, it hadn't happened yet.

Noticing Gaylord lost in thought, his friend knocked on the table. "You've gone all silent. What's on your mind?"

Gaylord snapped back to the present.

He used to think Charlene was already single, so her husband had barely crossed his mind. But since learning she was still married-divorce pending certain thoughts began to creep in.

and to him, she was perfect: kind, beautiful, easy

found himself curious about her husband-what kind of man could be willing

to do a little digging, someone called his name

"Gaylord?"

He looked up.

It was Vesta.

walking over. "Out so early? I figured you'd still be

glanced at her, his tone even. "Did you need

of them rarely saw each other outside

she was dating Thorne, he'd turned cold toward her-just like

out again, you know. The family still hopes you'll come home and help out with the business. But you just won't listen,

settling in. "Gaylord, you've been away for months

exactly a plan. Why

cut her off,

as passionate about Al

would still urge him to abandon PrimeStar and go back to the family company, especially when she knew what a

he had no interest in debating her. "This is between me

put out, but Vesta didn't press the point. She only said, "I get it, you can't

I get

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