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

to feel this way, but when she learned that the

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

struggled, she secretly secured an

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

one is right in front of you. But you just had to fall for

have dumped her, but she was the woman of

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

was baffled. “My

Chairwoman” was her mother, Rosa,

briefcase, passing them to Maia. She frowned as she perused

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

Chairwoman had a will in place, bequeathing her shares to Errol. The 30 percent shares

Maia tightened her grip on the documents as tears welled

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