章 26: Chapter 26

MARI

Oliver’s car idled in Pierce’s driveway. I turned back as he leaned through the driver side window before I stepped into the walkway.

"Are you sure, Mari?" he asked.

The only thing I’d been surer of was my desire to spend my forever with Oliver. "Yes."

I was an adult and besides I had things I needed to say to Pierce. I wasn’t the only one of us who let life things get in the way of business. Something told me what I planned to tell Pierce was something he needed to hear.

Oliver waited until I let myself in the quiet home and I shut the door behind me before he pulled away. "Pierce?" I called out, but the mansion was still.

He still hadn’t replaced Melissa even though I admitted to him her story didn’t hold water. He didn’t hold it over my head or do the classic "I told you so," but he also didn’t rush out to hire someone in her place. It seemed as if he was content wandering the home by himself with only Oliver and me to keep him company.