enridge International A

ough the arrivals exit. The remaining passengers conti

tually ran out of patience. "Mom, ar

mly. "I sent someone to watch her board

taking he

ising when someone dressed in an unbelievably tac

! Thank goodnes

and her hair was pulled into a sleek, high ponytail. She wo

ked completely shaken. "I thought I was go

speak Aldenrish. She spent quite some time wandering around by herself

with open disgust. "S

not let the officer see it. She thanked him politel

red storage bag. She heaved it over her shoulder and flas

er annoyance. "You did

a fortune, and you can hardly fit anything inside them. This bag holds much more. I

nn would be a naive country girl, but she had not exp

eople stared from every direction, but she did not appear to notice. Martha cou

g? We should toss it in the trash. Who packs a thick com

h regret almost as soon

I get married! Speaking of that, how much is the Phillips family paying for the wedding? You'd better understand one thing. Grandma gave

rminal understood her language. Her loud p

l in embarrassment and slipped in

he bag. She dragged it to the car on her own, sho

could barely squeeze my bag inside! The old farm truck back home is

e the car doors shut. "Bryson, driv

led look. "We're not s

at Madelynn, whose face was st

n as possible how crude and humilia

t before the wedding. If that happened, Lana could rep

om Madelynn's face in the back seat. Her

thing about had never been

ses reached across several industries. People claimed Ethan had remained in Aldenridge to care for

lynn marry Ethan if they believed she was reall

. She could return to the Foster family afterward and f

ut the car eventually passed throug

nce. She dropped Madelynn and the massive storage bag at the e

it slipped slightly when he spotted Madelynn's dirty

are you the guard for this gated community? Could

his isn't a gated community, Ms. Foster. Everyth

ved toward the surrounding grounds.

's co

ynn exclaimed. She threw the bag over her shoulder

er expected Eleanor to choose someone like her as her grandson's b

ivate residence, but Madelynn had to stay in

I'll fill this place with flower beds after I move in. I want red, yellow, pur

ds to be redone. The hotel back in my hometown looks better than this place.

isappointment painfully obvious. "E

eside the staircase. An unreadable half sm

ad saved in the rainforest. Shock nearly broke throug

man be Etha

ou're Madelynn Foster? The

a careful no

o her feet. A cold laugh escaped him.

s impossible to miss, yet i

er her face clearly that day. Her disguise had worke

ide grin. "So you're the

omehow had a bad feeling a

orts decorated with huge white hearts and offered them to Ethan. "My grandma made these