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Chapter 60 - I Didn't Ask
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2026-11-06 16:06:16Callum slept badly, although nothing Ailsa had said should have surprised him.
She had told him from the beginning that marriage was not waiting somewhere beyond enough trust, enough time, or enough proof that he was different from the men she distrusted. He had accepted the condition when the engagement was fake because it solved the immediate problem.
Now the relationship was real, and never had acquired weight.
He stood at his kitchen counter the next morning with unto
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Callum woke before Ailsa.For several seconds, he did not move.She was on her side facing him, one hand curled near her face, hair spread across the pillow she had claimed as hers two nights earlier. The duvet had migrated toward her again.He almost smiled.Then he noticed that his hand was resting close to her waist without touching her.Callum left it there.Last night had changed what they knew about each other.It had not changed what he was allowed to assume.Ailsa stirred a few minutes later and opened her eyes.“Morning.”“Morning.”She blinked at him.“You're staring.”“I was waiting for you to wake up,” Callum said.“That sounds worse.”Callum smiled.Ailsa shifted onto her back.Her gaze dropped briefly to the space between them, then returned to his face.He did not close it.&ldq
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