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?

could chalk it up to coincidence. But he knew. She'd actually believed in mere happenstance, but

that's just speculation. What if it's not

why I'm testing him,"

marry me. That's not testing; that's handing me over on a silver platter," Hertha was

having a passport in hand. When I told him to get

break

with you. If he brings that passport, it shows he's determined to marry you. If not, and he comes up with excuses, then he's not ready. Either way, you'll know if marriage

duly impressed, "You're right; experience does come with

already at odds with his family. Going back to discuss the passport, even if he gets it, he might never be welcome in the

you fall for him because of his