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She nods for me to go on as she takes another sip of her water.
“I was born in Clearwater,” I start, and she looks at me in surprise.
“Like just north of here Clearwater?” She asks, and I nod. “Small world.”
“Not small enough,” I grumble.
“Hmm?”
“Nothing. Um, yeah, I grew up there, left when I was eighteen.”
“Where did you go?” She asks.
“Los Angeles, at first.”
“That’s exciting.”
“It didn’t feel that way,” I say with a laugh. “Not at first. It was hard finding a job and apartment and all of that.”
“Then what happened?”
Our waitress comes back with our food and we pause our conversation while she sets it down.
“Let me know if you need anything else,” she says before she leaves.
Vera pops a fry in her mouth and chews, waiting for me to go on.
“That was when I opened my first hotel. I had saved for a few years and then finally qualified for a bank loan. It was a success and that started my career.”
I pick up my burger, but when I look up at her, she’s frozen, her whole body tense.
“Hotel?” She asks, her voice tight with some emotion that I can’t name.
“Yeah. I have a few hotels and resorts around the world. That’s actually why I’m here in Wolf Valley. I’m opening up a new resort here.”
“You!” She spits, leaping to her feet, and I drop my burger, staring at her in confusion.
“What?”
“You. You’re Fisher Collins.”
“Yeah,” I say, already not liking where this is going.
“Stay away from me,” she hisses, and with that, she spins on her heel and storms off.
“What? Vera! Wait!” I yell as I toss some money down on the table and rush after her.
By the time I catch up to her, she’s already in her car and backing out of the parking spot. I try to stop her, but she ignores me and practically peels out of the parking lot.
What the hell was that? What happened? What went wrong?
I need to fix this, whatever this is.
I need to get Vera to agree to go out with me again. I need to make her fall in love with me and agree to be mine.
Forever.
It’s going to be hard, but I’ve always loved a challenge.
