Dale Brown watched from a distance as Ella Hawk wrapped her arms around the man beside her. It took him a moment to register who he was looking at—but then the pieces clicked into place. That man was none other than Nathaniel Hawk, Ella Hawk's half brother—and, apparently, his own sister Serena's close friend. His lips curled slightly in distaste.
Serena really did have strange taste. The fact that she had married Aiden Hawk—of all people—was already something he found utterly inconceivable. But to count Aiden's half brother among her closest companions? That was something else entirely. Odd. He had a truly odd sister.
And yet, considering how she had so suddenly transformed into this doting, ever-present younger sister—the kind who sent him messages almost daily and asked about his well-being with an almost suspicious consistency-it all somehow seemed- believable. Strange, yes. But believable, in that uniquely Serena way.
