"You can see how important I am to Brendan, so how could I not be aware? I should… give him some time," said Deirdre.

Mrs. Wanner's eyes lit up when she heard that. "Exactly! I suspect that Mr. Brighthall simply doesn't understand liking someone. If he really cared about Emily Collins, he would have gone to see her long ago. But I have never heard him mention her name in the past few days," she explained.

Deirdre bit her lip and walked forward. Just as she entered the villa, she collided with