The Waiting Game
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Last published Mon, Jul 20, 2026
The Waiting Game
Ten years ago, Athena Reyes waited all night for Mason Vale to show up.
He never did.
Now Athena is a rising glass artist, Mason owns a luxury winery, and the last thing either of them wants is to reopen old wounds. But when a charity gala reunion and a high-profile business collaboration force them back into each other's lives, old feelings begin surfacing faster than either of them can control.
Especially after Mason notices one impossible thing:
Athena still wears the handcrafted silver hairpin he made for her the night everything fell apart.
The Waiting Game is a slow-burn second-chance romance about timing, unresolved heartbreak, artistry, and what happens when two people discover the past they've spent years mourning may not be what they thought at all.
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