“Mr. Johnstone, what are you doing here at this hour? It’s too late to talk business—and I was planning to take Romina out to dinner.”
Maddox smirked. “What’s wrong with that? Romina and I have been on a blind date before.”
That one sentence made River bristle with jealousy.
He had never been on a blind date with Romina, yet she had gone on several with wealthy young men. Thankfully, her standards were high and none of them impressed her.
River had known about her blind date with Maddox, but back then he hadn’t realized he had feelings for her. When he heard about it, he even whispered to Romina that Maddox would never be able to handle her strong temper, and that their date would be a disaster.
He was right—nothing came of it, and there was no follow-up.
Yet somehow, the two had started seeing each other again. Maddox had become Romina’s public plus-one at banquets, and Eaglioncile’s upper class assumed they were a couple. The elders in both families had even begun talking about marriage.
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