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.

I say other than

the Larkins had publicly announced her divorce from Cedric, she was overwhelmed

you apologizing for?” Nigel gently 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 only he knew

secretly secured an

tears started falling again. “He doesn’t owe me anything. I did

front of you. But

felt sorry for her. Cedric might have dumped her, but she was the

crying, okay? I’m here to give you something Mrs. Chairwoman wanted

baffled. “My

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

some documents from his briefcase, passing

choked-up voice, she asked, “20 percent of the shares of Burgess

shares of Burgess Winery, but Mrs. Chairwoman had a will in place, bequeathing her shares to Errol. The 30 percent shares of Starlight Entertainment are

this, Maia tightened her grip on the documents as tears welled