Chapter 460

Turns out Alice Morgan and Blake really kept things hush-hush. No one had a clue they’d been secretly dating for over two years—until they suddenly showed up with a marriage certificate. Talk about a stealth move. Celeste Harper said, “Remember when you went on that mission near the Yland border? You took Ava Quarles with you and had Alice stay to look after me. She was mad at me and insisted on sticking around. I brought her to the office, and that’s how she met Blake.” Maybe it was the mention of ‘Ava Quarles’ that made Ethan Shaw’s expression freeze for a second. Celeste’s smile faded a beat too, and her voice dropped. “If Ava were still here... maybe she and Martin Palmer would’ve ended up together.” Ethan looked away. “Let’s not go there. Eat your food.” “Okay.” After dinner, the three of them left the restaurant and took a walk in the plaza downtown. It was early fall, the air pleasantly cool, the kind of night that makes you want to stay out just a bit longer. Leanne yawned mid-