THE EMPTY CHAIR AT HER SISTER’S WEDDING WAS SUPPOSED TO PROVE HER FIANCÉ HAD LEFT HER—BUT WHEN A QUIET STRANGER SAT BESIDE HER, KORA NEVER IMAGINED HE OWNED THE HOTEL, OR THAT HIS FAMILY WAS ALREADY PLANNING THE MARRIAGE THAT COULD DESTROY THEM BOTH

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“I am sorry I let you guess the rest of the wedding,” he said. “I told the pianist to play the lullaby because Mr. Park asked me to honor the bride’s family request. I should have stayed at the door.”

“You did stay at the door.”

“Until I saw you sit out two songs. After that, I did not.”

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