Too Late For Regret: He Lost His Unstoppable Engineer

eir prosperous Texas suburb, but it was hers, or rather, her father's. Colonel Miller, retired Army, ran it with military precision, and

erself, not just as t

s, budget reviews. Then her father cleared his t

r his senior staff, and then landing on Ava

ile touche

ral rebuilding project down in Louisi

ouisiana sounded far away, and "hurri

a few of us local business leaders," he paused, a glint in his eye, "had a bit o

unior engineer. The selection here wi

ered to Ava ag

asn't some cushy local job. This was remote, harsh. And the project lead, Marcus Thorne, an ex-Army Corps of Engineer

was recent, messy, but they still moved in the same circles, their families intertwined. Liam' s father was h

oe Vance, was with him. Chloe, who had recently come to live with Liam' s fami

ed over. "Liam, can I ta

iped up. "Oh, Ava, hi! We were just talking abo

mfortable. "Yeah

if you'd heard anything.

. He glanced at Chloe, who gave

oice a little too loud, "don'

' d mentioned I might be interested in some kind of support role down there, you know, t

nterested in a support role in a disaster z

onel Miller. They' ll have a way to get you out of it.

missive of her actual chan

"He's such a good cousin,

loe' s feigned sweetness. It was a betrayal, small but