So, that was why Seth Harcourt had shown up at the Regaluxe Group anniversary party?
He was stringing her along while fishing for other options.
What a jerk!
Noreen turned and walked away. When she got back to her seat, she looked visibly upset.
Castle asked if she was alright.
Noreen simply med it on work.
Castle didn''t pry any further.
As soon as she got back to her hotel, Sophia Cole sent a message saying she had ordered some Herbal Chicken Soup for her and reminded her to drink it.
That was when Noreen remembered her period was approaching.
A week before her cycle, Sophia would always order her some warm, soothing soup to help ease the uing difort.
But it only helped; it never cured it.
Her doctor had told her that her uterine lining was naturally thinner than normal.
Ever since her miscarriage years ago, she had suffered from severe dysmenorrhea, and no amount of treatment seemed to fix it.
While taking a shower, Noreen felt a dull, heavy ache in her lower abdomen.
But ording to her calendar, her period wasn''t due until next week.
She was usually very regr.
It was probably just a false rm.
Or so Noreen thought.
The next day, she had a site visit at the Regaluxe Group industrial park. When she arrived, Leonardo Soares was already waiting at the main entrance.
To Noreen''s surprise, Seth was there too.
She figured he must have hit it off with Leonardo''s daughter the day before.
And was nning to take things a step further today.
After getting out of the car, Noreen stood frozen for a few seconds.
A bitter chill swept through her chest.
Pushing down the inexplicable wave of emotion, Noreen walked over to greet Leonardo.
She also gave Seth a brief, indifferent nod.
Perfectly polite.
Andpletely distant.
Seth didn''t say much, but his eyes followed Noreen everywhere.
At first, Noreen felt quite ufortable. His gaze was too intense to ignore.
Eventually, she decided to tune him outpletely, keeping her focus entirely on inspecting the industrial park.
Leonardo, however, picked up on the dynamic. He silently sighed, realizing his precious daughter was likely heading for heartbreak.
After finding out his daughter had fallen for Seth at first sight, Leonardo had pulled every string he could to set them up.
But somehow, word had gotten out. When Seth found out yesterday''s meeting was a blind date, he simply hadn''t shown up.
Cecilia hade home disappointed and begged Leonardo to find another way.
Having had his daughterte in life, Leonardo spoiled her rotten and gave her whatever she wanted.
He had immediately swallowed his
pride and called Seth again inviting
hum to tour the industrial park under
the guise of business.
Worried Seth wouldn''t buy it, he had emphasized that Ms. Gilmore from Centribo
would be there too.
Only then did Seth agree.
To make everything seem like a coincidence, Leonardo had even arranged for Cecilia to show upter with the excuse of dropping off his medication, just so she could bump into Seth.
Then he could y matchmaker.
But he hadn''t expected this...
It was painfully obvious that Seth was still hung up on Noreen.
When a man was still stuck on his ex, no other woman stood a chance.
So, under the pretense of taking a smoke break, Leonardo called Cecilia and told
her not toe.
It was a lost cause.
Cecilia was disappointed, of course.
But there were plenty of fish in the sea.
Men as handsome as Seth Harcourt might be rare, but if they looked hard enough,
they could find someone else.
Hearing her brush it off, Leonardo
felt relieved. "That''s my girl. Theret of good m
are plenty
there.
Well find someone even better
While Leonardo was off smoking, Seth finally found a chance to speak with Noreen
privately.
He asked her, "You look a little pale. Are you feeling okay?"
"I''m fine. Never better!"