Chapter 83
~ Hailey ~
"I know better than to try to convince a man in love that the woman he's chosen isn't good for him," I said quietly, thinking about Jackson. About his genuine happiness with Yvonne. About how blind love could make someone to the truth right in front of them. "It's best for him to see for himself. To come to his own realizations."
"Right," Navine agreed, though his voice carried the weight of someone who knew those realizations often came too late. He checked his wristwatch, the movement drawing my attention to his bare cuffs — the cufflinks he'd supposedly come back for still unfound. "Thirty minutes into the party already. I should get going."
He stood up, water dripping from his shoes onto the pool deck. Extended a hand to help me up. "Are you sure you don't wan
