or and Joslyn met

rocess went

gotten married, Josly

de her. "Let's go to your apa

is day on, they would live together as husband and wife, sharing the clos

he had. What he liked or dis

e. Joslyn and Connor sat in the back seat wit

otioned toward the man sitting in the passenger seat. "I

gave her a polite nod. "Nic

wardly, still uneas

d building. The three-story building ha

or," Joslyn said as she

her and told Damien

fter another as they walked. Joslyn took out her keys and unlocked th

d scent around hi

felt warm and carefully arranged. An off-white sofa sat beside natural wood books

ny balcony where freshly washed clothes hung drying in

ce burned r

ack inside, but Connor caught her wr

l do

hes down. His long fingers moved carefully as

another, all neatly folded in

handle it myself,"

t helping his wife with things li

slyn suddenly became aware of h

nt. His eyes moved across the bookshelves, lingered briefly on the unfinished sk

there carelessly. It was

over and picke

books on the table when she l

y in half, walked to the tras

nded cleanly

s. Newman, you shouldn't keep

w that, but something inside he

don. It was because those six years, g

ge in her expression and walked

lyn shook her head. "I ju

stupid a

lyn let out a quiet laugh at herself. "I stayed beside the man who wore that sc

y from him and

painting supplie

g, everything had been packed into

om her, and lifted the cardboard box with his other hand. "Yo

manage on her own, but Connor had

rful head of the Newman family, a figure people only talked about from a dist

k. Connor placed the luggage inside before turning back to Joslyn.

room. Bathrooms get damp easily, and if they stay too long, they'll probably grow

kind of problem. Clothes left in damp places too

nnor turned and hea

mien stopped her politely. "Mrs. Newman, please

The space was small, but everything in

nk, all clearly belonging to a woman. A lavender towel hung be

s the room before stopping

dress

ze darkened

ing another man's clothes inside her private space still felt strang

in one hand, crumpled it up, and tossed i

ater ran over his fingers, but it did nothing to coo

ory was real. Connor had

with his own eyes were two completely diffe

r, Joslyn immediately noti

rong?" sh

is eyes forwa

us something was

d before realization suddenly hit h

hing, which was

What had he seen in the bathroom

before an important meeting af

s company, so he'd stopped by

. He spilled coffee on his shirt and came over to

ave to explain anything. I'm not intereste

ht crease between his brows made it obvious

slowly stirred i

wh

" Joslyn cal

H

you u

lly looked

" she sai

things in his wife's apartment and realizes that man once

tly. "What Brandon and I had was real, but we'v

re in his own way. He and Joslyn had hugged an

nnor looked

t mean he could i

to say after that. What

n and eventually stopped in f

, the massive residence looked exactly like the kin

y live here?"

t of the year, so I rarely stay in Dafson. But n

rt skipped u

? Then tha

oom is on the second floor, right beside mine. Don't worr