25.

There was a spring in Vine's step, as she made it into the vineyard. Normally, she should be sad that she was going to taste the wine that would be served at the wedding of the man she loved, but right now, all she thought about was the fact that she was going to get to see Nate after days.

She hadn't seen him for a while and happiness filled her heart as she waited for him to show up. Clare wasn't really involved in the planning, so it would just be the both of them.

She intentionally told the attendant to wait before bringing the wine. She wanted Nate to be here first, before she did anything.

Nate would give anything to be anywhere else, but on his way to see Vine. He had let his best friends in on what had happened, and while they were shocked to their bones and almost killed him, they told him that he couldn't avoid her.

He knew he couldn't avoid her too, but the guilt eating him up inside would be the one to expose him.

Not wanting to get down from his car, he sat in the car