the photo, her fi

r got her messages. It wa

iven his heart t

in, of the way he had said he had no interest in her,

thing mad

d for five years meant

get answers

room and headed straigh

o maids came out from a side entrance carrying

Mr. Quinn's g

the engagement outfit. Mr.

ck by lightning, her fe

getting

Sop

ay in an instant. She no l

e, but footsteps s

trace of restrained urgency. "What are

turned

ht, his shirt slightly open

ice shaking. "That outfit

ed. "Whi

g." Her voice almost broke into

h. "If it's not mine, whose would it be, yours? Do

into Claire

osed to run away together, and

inety-nine emails

r, all he gave her was m

ed at once. Her eyes burned

landed acro

of his face burned,

shook. "I must've been blind to fall

she turne

ill burning, yet something in h

d she loved him

felt the slap h

e finality in her

his arms. "You're still the same spoiled rich girl. S

shameless. Yet the more she strugg

r five years, the steady beat of his heart benea

rough him. Without thinking, like he had done countless times befor

sh, Sophie rushed ou

face and Claire in his arms, she let ou

red to

eact before Sophie's ha

bing Sophie's wrist with enou

k you're doing?"

was protecting Sophie, af

his arms and walked awa

s tightly around his waist, crying out, "I'm the

ppeared beyond the g

hie away hard, his voice ice-cold. "If you

ing at him in disbelief, before scra

of the garden, the morni

tfit for tomorrow night's dinner with the four

his still-burning cheek. A faint sm

e had just been slapped by C

me, it means she still cares. I can forgive her for leaving without a word five years ago, a