Book 3: Pursuing Love. Prologue

“Sometimes the heart sees what is invisible to the eye.” - H. Jackson Brown Jr.

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Cassandra Daniels’s POV 

“Max baby, mommy needs to go to work. You be a good boy and stay with granny, okay?” I said as I deposited my 18-month-old baby boy into Aunt Caroline’s lap. 

“Mommy, Max goo,” gurgled Max happily as he chewed on a teething stick shaped like a bunny.

“No, baby, you can’t go to my office with me,” I said, smiling as I shook my head at him.

He, too, shook his head. “Nooo,” he said, giving me a toothy grin and making me stretch forward and plant a kiss on his nose.

“Thank you, Aunt Caroline, for everything. I would have been lost without you,” I said, kissing Aunt Caroline’s cheek as well. I was indebted to her for everything. She was like a pillar of support in my life, and I didn’t know what I would have done without her.

“It’s nothing, honey, you’re just like my Avery. I’ve always thought of you as my daughter