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?

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

What if it's not like that?" Hertha still harbored doubts

why I'm testing him," Kimberly

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

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

you break up with

love will overcome any obstacle to be with you. If he brings that passport, it shows he's determined to marry you. If not,

impressed, "You're right;

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

fall for him because of his

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