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Chapter 233: The Garden in Full Bloom

作者: Eleanor Vance
last update publish date: 2026-07-25 21:00:29

Dominic had always loved the garden, but now it became something else entirely.

With no meetings to rush to and no deadlines pressing at the edges of his days, he began spending hours out there every morning. He moved slowly between the beds, sometimes with tools and sometimes with nothing but his hands. He talked to the plants the way some people talk to animals, low and steady, as if they might answer if he was patient enough.

I watched him from the kitchen window at first. Then from the back
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    Dominic had always loved the garden, but now it became something else entirely.With no meetings to rush to and no deadlines pressing at the edges of his days, he began spending hours out there every morning. He moved slowly between the beds, sometimes with tools and sometimes with nothing but his hands. He talked to the plants the way some people talk to animals, low and steady, as if they might answer if he was patient enough.I watched him from the kitchen window at first. Then from the back porch with a book I rarely opened. Then from the old wooden bench at the edge of the garden itself.The change did not happen all at once. It came in small, steady additions. A new row of lavender along the fence. A second trellis for the climbing roses he had been nursing for years. More vegetable beds than we could possibly eat from, though he kept planting anyway. He added a small stone path that wound between the tomatoes and the beans, and he placed a simple bench at the far end so he coul

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  • MARRIED TO THE DEVIL BILLIONAIRE FOR REVENGE   Chapter 231: The Retirement Party

    The foundation had rented the large community hall two blocks from the main building. It was the same hall where we had held our first public fundraiser more than twenty years ago. Back then the room had felt too big for the small crowd that showed up. Tonight it felt almost too small.Dominic and I arrived together just after six. He wore a simple dark jacket and no tie. I had chosen a soft blue dress that Isabella had helped me pick out weeks earlier. We walked in holding hands without discussing it. Neither of us wanted to let go.The room was already full. People stood in small groups near the long tables of food. Others sat in the rows of chairs that had been set up facing a small stage at the front. I recognized faces immediately. Elena stood near the entrance talking with two staff members from the second location. A woman named Maria who had come through our doors fifteen years ago was laughing with her daughter near the dessert table. Several researchers Dominic had worked wi

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    I waited two days before going back.Dominic had offered to come with me. He said he could wait in the car or sit in the hallway if I wanted him close. I told him I needed to do this part alone. He had understood without asking for more explanation.The building felt different when I walked in. Not empty exactly, but quieter in a way that had nothing to do with the number of people inside. Elena was in what used to be my office, sitting at the desk with a stack of files open in front of her. She looked up when I knocked on the open door."I was wondering if you would come back," she said."I left a few things," I answered. "I wanted to finish clearing them out myself."She nodded and stood up. "Take all the time you need. I can work from the conference room.""You do not have to leave," I said. "I will not be long."Elena hesitated, then sat back down. She did not go back to her files right away. She watched me for a moment."Are you all right?" she asked.I gave her the only honest a

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    I had known this day was coming for a long time. I had planned for it. I had trained the person who would take my place. I had written down the things that mattered and let go of the things that did not. Still, when I woke up that morning and realized it was my last day walking into the foundation as its leader, the weight of it settled differently than I expected.Dominic made coffee while I got dressed. He did not ask if I was all right. He already knew the answer was complicated. Instead he handed me the mug and kissed my forehead."Take your time today," he said. "There is no rush to come home."I nodded. My throat felt tight in a way I had not expected.The building looked the same as it always had. The same brick exterior. The same front steps that had been repaired twice over the years. The same small garden out front that volunteers kept alive. But everything felt different because I knew I would not be coming back tomorrow in the same way.Elena was already there when I arriv

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