EMILY

I froze for a moment as my brain collected the piece of information. He said he'd be back soon, I didn't think it would be today at all.

How bad could today turn out?

I knew the universe could never let me have a peaceful life for a while without crashing it. First, Winter Cruz came back, and now he is back too. Winter's return didn't bring good news, I'm guessing he would too.

I got out of my initial shock and exhaled.

"Okay. Good for him and his wife, I don't care," I muttered.

"Don't you have anything to say to him? He wants us to have dinner,...