Tessa heard the sound of Nathan’s engine fading away, followed by the heavy doors of Hawthorne Estate closing. She stared at the wooden surface for several seconds, as if doing so might somehow solve all the problems already weighing on her, along with the ones still waiting ahead.

The blue-eyed man with that cold, cutting gaze was clearly involved in her missing phone. Tessa was a hundred percent sure of it. That was how Nathan had found Julian. But how had he known the name? She had never ...