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.

else could I say other

learned that the Larkins had publicly announced her divorce from Cedric,

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

struggled, she secretly secured an 83 million-dollar deal to fund

started falling again. “He doesn’t owe me

of you. But you just had to

Cedric might have dumped her, but she was

clean handkerchief, offering a reassuring smile. “Stop crying, okay?

was baffled. “My

was her mother, Rosa, the legendary woman who once

documents from his briefcase, passing them to

voice, she asked, “20 percent of the shares of Burgess Winery and 30

Chairwoman had a will in place, bequeathing her shares to Errol. The

tightened her grip on the

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