Chapter 24

Married?”

“Yes, married. I heard about his engagement some years ago. I assumed he would be happily married with kids by now,” I say.

“Oh, dear, you didn’t hear?” She says, and I give her a puzzled look.

“Rosalina, his ex-fiancé, called off the wedding,” she says, and I gape in shock.

“What?” I ask in utter surprise.

“Yes, she did. It was big news around here.”

“Why?” I ask while my mind is racing. Why did I not hear about the broken engagement?

“No one knows. There are rumors that Rosalina broke it off with him with claims that he isn’t the man for such commitment,” she says. I frown. That doesn’t sound like Nathan . I recall how we would always talk about getting married and raising kids.

“Wow, I had no idea. It must have been devastating for him,” I say.

“That’s what we all thought, but Nathan took it in stride. It didn’t even seem like his engagement was broken. In fact, that year, he started breaking more records with his art. It’s an amazing thing that someone like Nathan is sti