After the Seventh Sunset A Billionaire's Regret

The Henson family—the wealthiest in Ashford—sent people to find Winona Henson while I was helping her chase chickens around the farm.

They said she was the Henson family's missing heiress, gone for five years, sole inheritor of a fortune worth billions.

"This is the Henson family's compensation for these past five years. We hope you'll accept it."

I knew what it really was—hush money, meant to sever whatever bond existed between Winona and me.

Winona's eyes went red-rimmed. She grabbed my sleeve, her face crumpling with hurt and desperation.

"I'll go back—but only if he comes with me!"