The Stand-In Bride Refusal novel · Chapter 21 of 24
Chapter 21: Tobias's Last Move
"You are not going alone," Rowan said.
"He said alone."
"He said a lot of things."
"Then he'll talk while I walk toward him," I said. "You come two minutes behind. Let him think he's won."
Rowan's jaw worked.
"If he touches you..."
"Then he'll be sorry. I've been carrying laundry bags for six years."
He almost smiled, and I kissed him once, hard, in his grandmother's doorway.
The Verran Grand's lobby was full on a Sunday morning.
Families in good coats stood at the front desk.
A bellhop pushed a brass luggage cart across the marble, piled with four suitcases and a garment bag.
Tobias waited beside a fluted pillar near the fountain, in a charcoal overcoat, holding a leather folder.
He smiled the moment he saw me.
"Mrs. Verran. Thank you for coming."
"You said ten minutes."
"I wanted to be sure the shares were in your bag."
"They're in my lawyer's office. You can't have them."
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