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Three hours of long flight later, Carmen found herself standing in front of a beach house. It was a modern construction, one that she didn’t know about. Then again, Carmen hardly tried to be curious about such things. How rich Logans were or how many properties they owned around the world, had never been the question that ever took priority in her head. She was happy with not knowing, content with whatever she had.Carmen pulled the sweater closer to herself, as she watched the night sky and the stars twinkling beyond. Grandpa stood next to her, his both hands resting on the head of his cane.“Well, here we are,” he said a little dramatically, as if he was presenting her with the best part of the entire plan that he had concocted since the day he showed up at her dad’s cafe, as if this was the end of the road, the kind of end that had the power to change her life forever.If Carmen were to be honest, now that she was standing there, she couldn’t help but feel a bit scared. A surge of

“You don’t understand, I can’t go back to him,” Jenna sighed, massaging her head, and trying to quell the ache that had started to smack around her skull. She was so done with this conversation already. Why couldn’t they understand that she had no interest in being with him anymore?“And why’s that? Didn’t you go back to break things off with Ronin and Carmen? If it wasn’t because of jealousy, then what was it for?” The man sitting across from her asked, his dark eyes filled with curiosity.Jenna glared at the man, her upper lip curling. “That was different. I didn’t have any choice. Simon was pulling my strings. I did what he told me to.”The man hummed thoughtfully. “So, you’re saying you never really wanted to go back to Ronin? Well, that’s interesting.”Jenna opened her mouth to explain, but then she shut her mouth and thought otherwise. Just because she made the mistake of running away from the marriage that started feeling suffocating, didn’t mean she was still that naive. She k

The moment Carmen was out of the café, she felt like her knees would buckle under her weight.God, did she just say all that to him? Did she just…do that?Her mouth fell open and she brushed a hand down her face as if she couldn’t believe it had actually happened. That she had snapped back. That she had been rude and stood her ground in a way she never had.If anyone knew Carmen, they knew she wasn’t the kind to lose her temper that easily. She was the patient one, the one who thought before they spoke, the one to take into consideration the emotions of others more than her own, the one to not want to hurt anyone, no matter the situation.But Carmen had done what Grandpa had told her to. There was no other choice but to practice the lessons he had given her not so long ago.After they returned to Asheville, Grandpa dropped her home. But as soon as she woke up after only a few hours of sleep, a car had been waiting outside her home. This time, there was no need for Carmen to question G

Things change? People change?Why the fuck did he say that? What the hell was he thinking?Ronin scrunched up his face, kind of annoyed with himself, feeling his own damn chest tighten with something that he couldn’t fucking explain. Why did it matter what she thought of him? He never let her opinion bug him as much as it bothered him now. Why was he being so weird?He let out a sigh, trying to figure out why it was so darn tough to stop thinking about her. It didn’t make sense, honestly. Especially since he was dead set on moving on. Especially when he had already moved on.But Ronin also had to admit that the circumstances surrounding their marriage were pretty inconvenient for both of them. Of course, he was beyond angry when Jenna was a no-show at the wedding and disappeared without a single trace. And yeah, he resented her for making him and his family look like a joke, like she couldn’t care less about their reputation. Ronin never intended to push Jenna into marrying him – he h

Carmen let out a deep, frustrated sigh as she leaned against the wall, her gaze fixed on the group of company directors mingling and catching up with one another.As it turned out, their initial purpose was far from the agenda she had anticipated. Instead of diving into pressing matters, they seemed content with showering Carmen with congratulatory remarks and extending a warm, albeit prolonged, welcome to the company. Any more serious issues they were supposed to discuss were conveniently pushed to the next board meeting.To say Carmen was bored out of her mind would be an understatement.The air around her was filled with polite conversations and the tinkling of glasses as the other attendees indulged in their teas, coffees, and snacks, seemingly enjoying this opportunity to socialize. Meanwhile, Carmen found herself cocooned in a corner, her fingers idly tracing the rim of her glass of water.It was only when Jessica Temples, one of the women directors