Chapter 12
After the death of her adoptive mother, Kate reluctantly returns to her hometown for the first time in six years. Once there, Kate's heart is shaken by an unexpected reunion with sexy Gideon, her first crush and now a father of two young children. Touched by Gideon's kindness, Kate feels her wounded heart opening to the same passion she felt back then. But though the reunion is sweet, it also brings back immense pain...
Chapter 12
Eloise was born out of wedlock and raised in a frugal environment by her single mother. After her mother's death, she determinedly writes a letter to her father: the Viscount Pulborough. She asks him if he's ever spared her or her mother a second thought, but three weeks pass without a reply. One night, Eloise attends a work party and runs into the Viscount's stepson! He bluntly tells her that upper-class folks like him are used to gold diggers like her swarming around them…and that if she thinks she's squeezing any money out of him or his family, she's got another thing coming!