My shoes clicked against the wooden porch of the Kane lake house, and I braced myself for another round of insults from Dominic's fancy family. But when we stepped inside the giant wooden cabin, it was completely empty. No snooty aunts, no mean uncles, and no board members staring us down. Just thick pine walls, a massive stone fireplace, and the quiet sound of water lapping against the shore outside.
"Where is everyone?" I asked, turning to Dominic with a confused frown as he set our bags down near the door.
"There is no one else here," Dominic said smoothly, taking off his jacket and tossing it over the back of a sofa. "Just us."
My stomach did a nervous flip. Just us. Alone. At a remote lake house with zero staff hovering around and nowhere to hide behind our usual busy routines. Thi
