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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

seen

later: “She’s blocked me

Drake froze.

nearby, Sienna had pieced it together. Her

mean you’ve

stunned

Break up?

hadn’t meant that. His words that night–about never wanting

anger.

assumed she was just sulking, waiting

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

through his. “If you’ve broken

initial panic had transformed

thought she could

she lasted. Ten days?

He’d let her

show her that he was perfectly

good.

colors at Glacier National Park are supposed to

Glacier National Park.

did that sound

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Chapter 19

mentioned wanting to go

during holidays. What’s the point?”

His instinct was to refuse, but thinking of Thalia changed

“Montana sounds perfect.”

unsettled despite watching TV with Sienna, he made an

She understood he needed time to

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

called

Get Chase and the others

private club, Chase greeted him:

look. “Why

“Uh…” Chase floundered.

my girlfriend. Why aren’t you

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