His Unknowing Bride

e office. Rare. Rapidly progressing. He used other terms, clinica

ant sanctuary of color and potential, now felt like a cage. She sold it within a week, the transaction a blur of signatures

he wanted to go. Back to the quiet town she had run away from, a place nestled by a lake,

anged, becoming cleaner, smelling of pine and damp earth. She checked into a seclu

she sa

he confident set of his shoulders. Her breath caught in her throat. Then he turned, and a woman looped he

er at the

a polite smile. But Liam' s expression was unguarded. His gaze settled on Ava, and it was filled with a cold, hard resen

ook a step toward her, Chloe still attached to his arm. "Ava Green. What brings you

foolish love still beat inside her chest. "Liam," she said,

ng smile, a gesture to bridge the c

ime. Right. Long enough for you to realize there' s nowhere else t

a deliberate, calculated strike. He knew exactly where it wo

mirk playing on his lips. "We should catc

eart leaped with hope. Maybe thi

er to move back. He looked down at

ing my path,"

im. The night she left, she had stood in his doorway, his mother' s check clutc

. And he was throwing

ge diamond on her finger catch the light. "Liam and I are getting marrie

ped an arm around her, his touch a performance of feigned tende

way from the cabins and walked toward the far side of the lake, her body feeling heavy and old. She found a serene spot under a weeping willow

e buzzed. It was a frantic call from Mrs. Hend

me quick! It' s your house!