Chapter 9

“Such a beautiful lady. May I have the pleasure of inviting you to dance this evening?” A man extended his hand to Emily, bowing slightly. He was impeccably dressed, every bit the gentleman.

Downstairs, Emily had just been approached with a dance invitation. To a suspicious onlooker, it might have looked like she was trying to catch the eye of a wealthy man.

“Isn’t that Miss Yates? What is she doing here...” Emma’s voice trailed off, as though she had uncovered some unspeakable secret.

Emma wasn’t the only one who noticed. Justin and Zac stood on the balcony above, watching the entire exchange. They had also caught bits and pieces of the gossip circulating among the women downstairs.

Zac raised an eyebrow, a smile forming as he watched the scene below, as if a thought had just clicked into place.

Hadn’t Emily been pestering Justin about going on a trip? And could it have been to this very place, the Westhill Peninsula Villa?

And now, seeing they had broken up and Justin had inv