Chapter 1
It was only October, but the air in Kleymond was already crisp and cold.
Early in the morning. Maeve Reese was still curled up in bed, deep in sleep. Suddenly, her mother, Valda Reese, burst into the room, her voice slicing through the silence. “Macve, come on Stop lazing around. You’ve got to get ready-today’s the big day. You and Jeff Graves are getting your marriage license. Don’t make him wait!”
The words “marriage license” hit Maeve like a bucket of ice water She shot up in bed, hesitating for a moment before. lowering her gaze. “Mom, I don’t want to marry him,” she mumbled.
“What the hell did you just say?” Valda’s voice spiked with disbelief. “Are you out of your damn mind? Jeff comes from a rich family! Marrying him means you’ll be set for life. Do you know how many people would kill for this chance, and you’re saying you don’t want it?”
“He’s screwing around with someone else. There’s no way I’m marrying him,” Maeve said firmly.
Just yesterday, she had gone to bring Jell some hangover medicine, only to stumble upon a gut-wrenching truth. Pecking through a crack in the door, she had seen Jeff tangled up in bed with another woman.
