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Since Jake was driving up from town for the next family dinner, Isabelle saw no way to politely skip it. Honestly, she didn’t want to anymore. Now that she and Lyle had talked—sort of—things felt more normal between them. In other words, there was less chance that she might pop off and offend him and risk the entire Rockwell legacy by chasing away their investor.
She even managed a friendly smile as she took her seat at the long table in the lodge’s restaurant-style dining room, with its wall sconce candleholders and the piano in the corner.
The Rockwell family had always eaten there along with the lodge’s guests. But with the lodge closed for renovations, the only people around were family, including the new additions such as Serena and Nicole, and two staff members who might as well
