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As far as Dan could tell every director and co-star who had ever worked with Melissa thought she was an angel Anyone who ranked lower than a named credit in the titles, however, told a rather different story

He sighed, running through his mind once more the series of off-the-record conversations he’d had recently It wasn’t an unfah stars who played the part of benevolent, caring, charitable celebrity to the hilt when anyone who , then turned into a spoilt brat the moment the cameras switched off He’d even been married to one of them The only difference was that this ti the witch—and he needed to be sure his baby brother knew exactly what he was getting in to

Riley didn’t do personas, Dan thought In fact it was ain the first place It probably said soh The ‘aw, shucks, good old country boy’ who found true love after ninety

That certainly fitted with the way their parents saw him, anyway

But this week Dan was far more concerned with how Melissa saw hier? Her career was doing well, as far as he could tell, but Riley was a step up Stars had married for a lot less—and he didn’t want to see his brother heartbroken and alone six months after he said, ‘I do’

‘Melissa’

Laurel sighed again, and Dan tuned back in to the phone conversation she was enduring Seemed as if Melissa didn’t count her half-sister as soiven their history, he supposed Everyone knew that story—inside and outside the industry

He wondered why Melissa had hired her fa of the year Was it an attempt at reconciliation? Or a way toby the phone call he was eavesdropping on, it definitely felt like the latter Or maybe it was all about the way it would play in the media—that sounded like the Melissa he’d heard stories about from Jasmine, his best stunt woman, who’d doubled for Melissa once or twice

This wedding would be his chance to find out for sure Ideally before she and Riley walked down the aisle

At least he had a plan It was good to have soht have found himself distracted—maybe even by the brunette on the phone

‘I’ll be back at Morwen Hall in less than an hour,’ Laurel said finally, after a long pause during which she’d nodded silently with her eyes closed, despite the fact her sister obviously couldn’t see the gesture ‘We can talk about it some more then, if you like’

She opened herthe phone froht smile

‘She hung up,’ she explained

‘Proble an eyebrow

Laurel, he’d already learned, talked to fill the silence—so with her half-sister If he let her raive him all the information about Melissa he needed to talk his brother out of this wedding They could all be on their way hoet back to business as usual Perfect