[PARIS] 9PM

Franklin drove to the Deauville in Normandy, the very place he had asked them to meet. He hadn’t meant to lure her here under the disguise of a crazed fan, but he had done it anyway.

As perfect as the plan seemed in his head, doubt gnawed at him now. Thalia wasn’t a fool. She wouldn’t just come running to meet some so-called 'fan'.

He glanced at his wristwatch and exhaled a long, heavy sigh.

The beach wasn’t chosen at random. He had proposed to her in lake ...