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Chapter 40

Things should have been more awkward between them after that conversation loaded with lies, half-lies, and reluctant truths, but somehow,

Beth thought the distance between Daniel and herself shrank dangerously as they stood next to each other, breathing in the cool spring night. And was it her imagination, or did he think the same way? He smiled at her even more easily now, and his eyes remained fixed on her for longer than before whenever she spoke.

They never strayed, and neither did hers. Or maybe that was just the good atmosphere that settled around them from the party and the general merriness. Now that Anna and her theatrical mess-making had made themselves scarce, it was...peaceful. Nice.

They filed back inside along with the other guests on the rear lawn when an announcement went out that Noah's father, Orion White, would soon be making his appearance now that the time was approaching. Custom demanded that everyone invited congratulate him personally, so getting in line firs
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