The Wedding Day Discovery That Changed Everything

began forming in my chest.

Where was he?

And where was Penelope?

Emma hesitated when I asked. “I haven’t seen her in about twenty minutes,” she whispered.

My pulse quickened. Something felt off.

The Moment It All Changed

I made the decision quickly, with a strange sense of calm: we would go to the hotel where Maverick had stayed the night before. Maybe he continue reading …