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

when she learned that the Larkins had publicly announced her

are you apologizing for?” Nigel gently wiped the tears from her face. “You’ve done nothing wrong and don’t owe anyone

secretly secured an 83

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

and one is right in front of you. But you just had to fall for him. You’re such a fool,

might have dumped her, but she was the woman of

okay? I’m

was baffled. “My

call “Mrs. Chairwoman” was her mother, Rosa, the legendary woman who once thrived in

and retrieved some documents from his briefcase, passing them to Maia. She

the shares of Burgess Winery and

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

on the documents as tears welled up in her