That evening, Seth didn't come home.After dinner, Hayden asked Zaria, "Your brother said he's in love with someone. Do you know who it is?"Jolie looked surprised. "Seth is in love? He never mentioned anything. If I had known, I never would have arranged that blind date."Zaria shrugged. "Of course I know. It's Ethel, isn't it? He's been hung up on her for years.""Ethel?" Jolie was shocked. "But they broke up three or four years ago.""Yep," Zaria said, scrolling through her phone. "My brother is a one-woman man."Hayden snorted. "If he's so devoted, why didn't he chase her across the world? Why wait four years?""My brother has his pride, Dad," Zaria said without looking up. "I've never seen him chase after anyone. Ethel was the one who pursued him. If she came back, they might get back together, but him chasing her to another country? Never going to happen.""He's almost twenty-six and doesn't even have a girlfriend," Hayden grumbled.Zaria laughed. “Dad, you don't need to worry about him. The line of women who want to be with my brother could stretch from here to the Antarctic Pole. If he wanted to, you could have grandkids tomorrow."Hayden scoffed. "That's a big 'if'."...Later that night, Zaria was in bed, video-chatting with Ondine."Ondine, you won't believe it. My brother went on a blind date today."Ondine's heart seized, her fingers tightening on her phone. She tried to keep her voice casual, but her mind was racing. "He did? How did it go?""Ha! He told the girl he wasn't interested and then just left her there."Ondine let out a breath she didn't realize she'd been holding."Ugh, it's been almost four years, and my brother is still not over Ethel," Zaria sighed. "To be honest, the girl today was really pretty. Elegant, classy, a great match for him. But he wasn't interested."The relief Ondine had felt evaporated.So he rejected her because he's still in love with Ethel...Zaria kept talking, but Ondine's mind was elsewhere. She remembered Seth telling her he wasn't hung up on Ethel. But if that was true, why would he turn down a date because of her? Was he still waiting for her?Her thoughts were a jumbled mess when she heard Zaria say, “If only Ethel would come back, then my brother wouldn't have to be alone anymore."Ondine's lips felt dry. "If she came back, would Seth get back together with her?""Totally," Zaria said withoutnoveldramahesitation. "'d say it's a ninety-nine percent chance. You can'tunderestimate the power of truefor her this long flove. He's waited for herShe came back, there's no reasonthey wouldn't." A sour feeling rose in Ondine's chest.Right. She's his true love.An image flashed in her mind: Seth and Ethel at Zaria's eighteenth birthday party, standing together like a prince and princess from a fairytale. They were so perfectly matched that everyone else faded into the background. They were a vision, destined to be together. "Ondine, don't tell me you're falling for him again," she chided herself silently. Newest update provided by fіndnovel.netA voice echoed in her head: "Your title as Mrs. Thorne is stolen. The moment Ethel returns, you'll have to give it back."The next few days, Seth was busierthan ever. With businessesreopening after the holidays he wasswamped, Hayden, who primarilymanaged the Thorne Group'soverseas assets, didn't stay long andwas soon gone again.One evening, as Seth was leaving the office, he overheard a few employeeschatting near the elevator."What are your plans for Valentine's Day tomorrow?""Dinner and a movie with my boyfriend. And lots of cute pictures, of course. What about you?""I asked my crush to go to an exhibition with me.""Wow, you all have dates. I wish I had someone to be romantic with."