POV: Ben Archer

By lunch time, I'd almost convinced myself that Don Pedro might be right about Bea's feelings. Maybe we had both been too proud and too hurt to see past our own pain to the possibility of reconciliation.

Which was why I was so eager to believe what I overheard in the library that afternoon.

I'd been returning books to the stacks when I heard voices from one of the study alcoves. Helena's voice, unmistakable even in hushed tones, talking to someone about relationship ...