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Chapter 19

The family dinner was strained, with everyone eating in uncomfortable silence.

Having nothing to say to her family. Thalia retreated to her room early. Spotting the gift box on her desk reminded her she still hadn’t given Asher his watch.

She called him.

“Asher? Remember that gift I mentioned? Are you at the estate? I could bring it over.”

“I am.”

“Perfect. I’ll be there shortly.”

Meanwhile, at Drake’s penthouse….

When Drake and Sienna entered, Rosa looked past them expectantly. “Mr. Ashcroft, isn’t Miss Winters with you?”

Drake frowned. “She’s not here?”

“She hasn’t been home for days, sir. I thought she was with you.”

Suddenly uneasy, Drake took the stairs two at a time.

In Thalia’s room, the transformation was stark. Her vanity was stripped bare–no cosmetics, no skincare products. The personal touches that had made the room hers were gone.

He yanked open the closet. Empty.

Every trace of Thalia had vanished, leaving the room as pristine as before she’d moved in.

Drake’s breathing quickened. He shouted down to Rosa: “When did she move her things out?”

The housekeeper flinched at his tone. “The room was empty when I came to clean the next day. I thought you knew…

Drake’s fists clenched as he pulled out his phone. The call wouldn’t connect–he’d been blocked.

He immediately called Celine. Thalia had few friends in New York: Celine had been closest to her.

Time Gold Cheer

sounded surprised. “Thalia? No, I haven’t seen

“She’s

Drake froze.

had pieced it together. Her heart leaped–Thalia had actually left.

mean

question stunned

Break up?

hadn’t meant that. His words that night–about never wanting to see her again–had been spoken in

anger.

him, he’d assumed she was just sulking, waiting for

emptying her room of every possession? Was that really just a tantrum?

his troubled expression, Sienna slipped her arm through his. “If you’ve broken up,

had transformed

Thalia thought she could just walk away from

long she lasted. Ten days? Two weeks?

let her

show her that he was

forced a smile. “A trip sounds good. Where would you like to go?”

fall colors at Glacier National Park are supposed to be

Glacier National Park.

sound

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he remembered–Thalia had mentioned wanting to go there

dismissed it: “Everything’s crowded during holidays. What’s the

was fall break now. His instinct was to refuse, but thinking of Thalia changed his mind.

“Montana sounds perfect.”

unsettled despite watching TV with Sienna,

he needed time to adjust to Thalia’s

smiled graciously. “Of course. I’ll be here when you return.”

Drake called

Chase and the others

usual private club, Chase greeted him: “Just

him an odd look. “Why

“Uh…” Chase floundered.

“Thalia’s my girlfriend. Why aren’t you

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