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ed the narrow grass paths, her eyes scanning the endless rows of weathered s
st. "Eleanor Vance. Somewhere near the big o
n a simple, lichen-spotted
damp earth seeping through the knees of her jeans
"I'm Erin. My mom said we're related, som
vy, profound. It mirrored the sil
the stone. "My design studio is barely breaking even, and my last date to
said, the words a half-prayer, half-joke, "I could really use a win. Maybe send a
oing at my gran
, and so close it vibrated t
he scrambled to her feet, spinning aro
t seemed molded to him. His face was all sharp angles and shadows, his eyes a
d who owned buildings, not rented apartments.
heeks burning with a humiliating heat.
of warmth. His gaze flickered from her face to the daisies, th
as she at the wrong grave? But the name was right, and it was ne
y grandmother had a dying wish," he said, his voice low and even. "She wa
have heard him wrong. Or maybe he was a very handsome, ve
amily," he continued, as if her
acket. Her mind screamed gun, knife, run, but
pene
of white satin, was a sim
sky, this impossible man got down on one knee. The fabr
me from his lips sent a jolt through her entire body
ooked at her, his gaze so intense it felt like a physical touch. Her fingernails
ife was a repeating loop of disappointments. This...
er mouth before she could sto
tion, his eyes never leaving hers.
t her like a lightn
s and saw not a stranger, but a b
ath, the air thin a
say, the voice trembling
relief?-crossed his face, so f
slid it onto her finger. It was co
rip firm and warm. "We'
't a qu
king through a world that was no longer quite real. As they passed the cemetery gat
Ford SUV, the paint on the hood slightly faded, a small dent on the rear bumper. The sight of it was a st
erior was clean but worn, smelling faintly of
her ribs. She was about to marry a
's full names," she said, the
mble. He turned to her, his profile sharp
ysical blow, an electric shock that made her flinch. Harmon Chandler. No. It couldn
he asked, oblivious to the pani
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