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Chapter 138

Author: Sophie Lane
last update publish date: 2026-03-24 04:06:23

The first few weeks felt… unfamiliar.

Not in a bad way.

Just different.

Dominic was home.

Really home.

No countdown.

No deployment hanging over them.

No bags packed in the corner.

Just him.

In the house.

At the table.

In the everyday moments.

But after everything…

Even that took getting used to.

Sophia stood in the kitchen one morning watching him make breakfast with the kids.

Flour everywhere.

Gianna laughing.

Giovanni trying to “help.”

Hailey giving instructions like she was in charge.

Domini
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