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Henry took her home that evening. Cassy smiled all the way back home, looking at him as though he would disappear from her sight.

"What is it?" he asked, smiling at her.

"Nothing," she replied. "I just want to look at you."

His aunt was much too happy to see them returned, and she held Cassy for a bit longer than expected. Jonathan had a long talk with his sister the next day when he arrived, and for the first time since her marriage to Henry, he actually smiled at her husband.

"Isn't she amazing?" Adeline asked as she stood beside him by the large hall, both of them gazing at Cassy adoringly as she spoke with the servants; Sheldon and Gabriel included. Ever since they came back, the atmosphere of the estate had changed to a cheerful chatter.

"She is," Henry agreed without a second thought, and he missed the smile that spread across Adeline's face. "I had no idea she would be this forgiving."

"You think she has forgiven you?" Adeline asked swiftly, gazing up at his jade eyes filled