They say success brings out the best in a person, and Samuel Foster was the living embodiment of that phrase.
He was radiant and full of life, his expression exuding a bold confidence. Who could have guessed this was the same man who, just a few months ago, had looked so worn and miserable, exhausted from scrambling to pay for his adoptive father's medical bills?
Arabella Donovan was taken aback when she saw him, her expression betraying the awkwardness of having just been talking about him.
"What are you doing here? Don't you have work today?"
'Speak of the devil. This is why you shouldn't gossip about people.'
The eyes of Zane Lynch and Melody sharpened, and they looked at Samuel Foster with a new hint of scrutiny.
And why not? His return was far too coincidental. It was hard not to read into it.
Samuel Foster's gaze was fixed only on the woman before him, completely oblivious to—and unconcerned with—the two wary figures behind Arabella Donovan.
