Chapter 19
The morning of the inn’s opening, Chase sat down to her computer dressed to the nines in the beautiful dress and heels gifted to her by Lucinda. Her mind drifted back to Drago for the millionth time. It had been forty-eight hours since he’d made his startling declaration. Well, kind-of declaration. “I think I love you” was really more like a question. One she couldn’t, wouldn’t, and was way too terrified to answer.
Her mind had worked through the shock as she’d dressed, trying to come up with a response when Inez had knocked on the door with questions. Drago had taken the opportunity to slip out, and she hadn’t tried to stop him. But surely he should have called her by now, if for no other reason than to let her know how Nonna was handling the news. But of course, he hadn’t.
