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?

known where she 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 her was

it's not like

I'm testing him,"

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

a hint of mischief, "You think you're not naive? Marriage isn't just about having a passport in hand. When I told him to get his passport,

you break

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

right; experience does

the passport, even if he gets it, he might never be welcome in the Falconer household again. He

because of