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Chapter 6

Author: CJ Fantasies
last update Last Updated: 2025-09-27 05:54:17

SEVEN YEARS LATER

•Cassie’s POV•

“Cara, sweetheart, where are you?” I called out as I walked up the stairs toward my five-year-old daughter’s room. My eyes drifted to the diamond watch on my wrist, I had less than thirty minutes before I’d be late for my husband’s launch party.

“Cara!” I called again, pushing open her door. I stopped by the doorway and smiled. She was standing in front of her mirror, struggling to fix a pink bow on her ponytail.

“I’m coming, Mommy. I just need to put this on properly,” she murmured, not realizing I was watching.

I walked over and knelt beside her. She turned around, her big gray eyes widening in surprise when she saw me. “Baby, let Mommy help you with that bow,” I said gently.

She lowered her gaze but nodded. I carefully took the bow from her tiny hands and lifted the pin, slowly fixing it into her neatly parted ponytail. “See? It’s easy-peasy when Mommy helps.” I kissed her chubby cheek, and she let out a small giggle.

“Thank you, Mommy,” she said, t
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