The Billionaire's Secret Quartet

Hertha blinked innocently, puzzled at the accusation of being naive.

Kimberly pressed on, "Do you really think it's just by chance he moved next door? Come on!"

"It's just a coincidence," Hertha insisted.

"Only you would believe that. In a place as big as Starhaven, with its myriad neighborhoods, he ends up right next to you? Use your head!"

It was as if a lightbulb went off in Hertha's head, a moment of sudden clarity.

Right, of all the neighborhoods in Starhaven, why did Alaric Falconer choose hers, and not just the same area but the same building, the same floor?

lived before moving, she could chalk it up to coincidence. But he knew. She'd actually believed in mere happenstance, but her mother's words sparked a realization: Alaric's affection for

that's just speculation. What if it's not like that?" Hertha still harbored

why I'm testing him," Kimberly

his passport and marry me. That's not testing; that's

having a passport in hand.

break up with

any obstacle to be with you. If he brings that passport, it shows he's determined to marry you. If

"You're right; experience does

with his family. Going back to discuss the passport, even if he gets it,

because