Will You Marry Me, Again by Pear Heart

His voice sounded certain, and it was more of a statement than a question.

“Nigel…”

He smiled. “Your aunt asked me to talk to you about it, but I doubt it’ll make much of a difference. You know better than anyone that you should move on, but you still love him, don’t you?”

Maia said nothing. She stiffly picked up the cake and ate it, again tasting bitterness.

“I’m sorry for making you all worry about me. I truly am.” Maia looked up, tears rolling down her cheeks.

could I say other

that the Larkins had publicly

wiped the tears from her face. “You’ve done nothing wrong and don’t owe anyone anything. Cedric is the one who has mistreated you. If

secretly secured an 83 million-dollar deal to

started falling again. “He doesn’t

front of you. But you just had to fall for him.

have dumped her, but she was the woman of Nigel’s

offering a reassuring smile. “Stop crying, okay? I’m here

was baffled.

only person Nigel Clayton would call “Mrs. Chairwoman” was her mother, Rosa, the legendary

some documents from his briefcase, passing them to Maia. She frowned as she perused the

voice, she asked, “20 percent of the shares

assumed that Mr. Homer would inherit all the shares of Burgess Winery, but Mrs. Chairwoman had a will in place, bequeathing her shares to Errol. The 30 percent shares of Starlight

on the documents as tears welled up in her