THE EMPTY CHAIR AT HER SISTER’S WEDDING WAS SUPPOSED TO PROVE HER FIANCÉ HAD LEFT HER—BUT WHEN A QUIET STRANGER SAT BESIDE HER, KORA NEVER IMAGINED HE OWNED THE HOTEL, OR THAT HIS FAMILY WAS ALREADY PLANNING THE MARRIAGE THAT COULD DESTROY THEM BOTH

crossed the road, stepped into the hotel, and found Henry at the concierge desk.

“He is the president of Donovan Hospitality Group,” she said.

“He is,” Henry replied. “I have, over many years, watched him be reluctant to say so on dates.”

She almost laughed.

She would not let herself laugh.

“May I go up?”

“He told me two months ago that you might.”

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