Eva's POVI am backing America and working at the old diner again. I have promised the manager that I will not make any more trouble. Things didn't work out as I thought it would in England. I lost one bursary, and my grades were not good enough because I went partying too much and did not study as I should have. Now, I'm back at the diner, working through the last few years of university to become the doctor I always wanted to become. I thought I would still get Norma here, but she has finished her studies and is now a famous designer. I cannot believe she became something, and I am still not a doctor. When I returned, I thought I would rub my doctor's degree in her face. She was the one that made me lose my best friends. I had not seen him before and planned to say hello to them. But I did not know how they were going to accept me.I could not believe it when Connor and Norma came hand in hand into the diner. I know everybody was excited about an engagement that will happen near ton
Connor's POVI am nervous as I look at my beautiful Norma. What if she feels that we are so too young to get married? What if she says no in front of everybody? I will feel like an asshole. However, I am not afraid to take the chance. I'm willing to accept any chance that I get with Norma. I love her with my whole heart. I know she realized by now how much I adore her. She understands that my family is absolutely crazy about her and that they don't even care about her parents. I have everything planned out. We have ordered shower drinks. But tonight they are bringing a bottle of champagne. I know, nor my love's pink champagne. I fill our glasses, and Norma looks at me in surprise. "Did I forget the first day that we met? Why are we drinking champagne tonight?" Norma asks. "It is the first night we met five years ago. That is why I brought you here, where I met you. I know we have known each other before from school, but it is not meeting the real Norma. I met the woman that I loved
Norma's POVI am happy I am going to marry the man of my dreams. We are having a great time. That's when Eva steps up to the table. She does not look happy at all. However, there is a smile on her face when she looks at us. She's putting up a charade. I know Eva better than this. I understand she is up to no good. I wonder what she wants from us and why she is here. Everybody that is around us came to celebrate with us. I hope she does not think that I will invite her to celebrate with us because that will not happen. I look at Connor. He's not even looking at her. He's talking with his parents. Eva is beautiful. She has become more attractive over the years. However, there is something about her that is of putting. Maybe it is her personality. I do not know. Her face looks as if she wants to kill someone. I do not care who she wants to destroy, but I will not be one of her victims anymore."Hello Eva, how can we help you? It has been a long time since we saw you. Are you a doctor?" I
Connor's POVSo it was Johnny and Eva who broke my sister's heart when she was but fifteen years old, going on sixteen. Eva was a cruel person. I just never realized it. I remember Bella always ignoring her when she came to our house. She would lock herself in her room and not leave until Eva left. I must know what happened because Eva used people to hurt others. I only realized it when I saw the real Eva. The real Eva was the night she was working here with Norma and got fired. She tried to make life difficult for Norma. I think she is crazy. What happened to her doctor's degree anyway? She can't be finished yet. "Well, I will leave if you don't want me around. But I warn you, you are going to regret this wedding. We all know that you are not in love with Norma but with me. You want to punish me. And now that you understand that I'm back, you plant all of this at the diner where I work. Why did you come here if you didn't want me to see that you were getting engaged? If you think I
Baron's POVI don't usually come to this part of town. However, the building where this little diner sits is up for sale. This part of town is bustling and ideal for business offices. That is where I am here tonight. I wonder what Chase Stone is doing here. Did he also hear that this place is up for sale? Her son Connor is also here, but they are celebrating something. Have they already bought this building? I hope not, because I want this place. I've always been the Maxwell family's black sheep; my father sent me overseas to study. My brother is the heir to the Maxwell fortune. He is the oldest, but I am the one with the business brain, so I started my own business, and at this moment, I am doing much better than my father and brother. I don't like the Stones. Many of my deals went down the drain because of them. Although I am only twenty-five, I am already wealthier than my family. I did not go to school here. I was always in boarding schools because my father and mother thought I
Bella's POVI know Baron Maxwell. We have heard all about him since he came back to town. He has started his own business in Europe that we all know is going very well. I do not understand why he's back in America and at the diner tonight. I know the restaurant is very close to our hearts as it is where Norma and Connor fell in love. Why would he come to a place like this that only serves pizza, burgers, and other everyday foods? From what I hear, he's very snobbish and will only go to the best restaurants in town. He has been here for a reason. I met his brother once, but I did not like the guy as he was trying to flirt with me all night. I wouldn't say I like going out. I enjoy spending time in my apartment, away from the world, where I do not get hurt by people like Johnny. Sometimes my brother and his friends make me go places with them because I believe it is unhealthy for me to sit by myself in my apartment all the time. I know all men are not the same, but Johnny has hurt me.
Bella's POVI am furious as I see him walk away. How dare he walk away and tell me that he will buy this place and destroy it? Baron Maxwell is a bastard! I was showing him that I could buy this place before him. I have to get in contact with them on your right now. I know he must have been in contact with the owner already. And that was why he was here. I walk over to my brother. He has to know who the owner of this diner is. If he does not know, then my father will know. "Wow, that guy likes you. But let me tell you one thing. You just took on the wrong man as much as I love you, Bella. You will get this place to spite you, no matter what," Norma says. Eva walks past us and looks at us with hate in her eyes. "Baron Maxwell will never look at the two of you. I am sure he will be back to see me again. He left me a hefty tip," Eva says. "Eva, not everybody is running off the men with money like you. We are not interested in him. Do you know that he wants to buy this place? And then
Bella's POVI will not allow him to destroy the diner. I will also not marry Baron Maxwell! There has to be another way out of this. I know the restaurant has a lot of people in the community who love it, so I sent out a letter to everyone and asked them to help me save the diner. We will all march to Baron Maxwell's office. We will hand him a letter asking him not to destroy the diner. Norma and Cassie are helping me. I do not know if my father will like what we plan to do, as he does not want me interfering in other people's business. But this is something else. This is a diner that is very close to all of us. I cannot let it go. I cannot let somebody destroy it. We get responses from many people, especially older people who live in this community. We march to Baron Maxwell's office. To my surprise. He comes out of his office to speak to us."I know all of you are very upset about the diner. But you also have to remember one thing. If I put up a big office building or even a plaza t