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The Proposal

Penulis: Ishq
last update Terakhir Diperbarui: 2025-07-23 04:21:03

The afternoon sun bathed the villa in a soft, amber glow. The garden buzzed with bees drifting lazily between lavender stalks and wild rosemary. Isla sat on the picnic blanket Aaric had insisted they use, her bare feet tucked beneath her and her eyes on her son, who was running after butterflies.

Lucian watched them from across the garden, his heart a clenched fist in his chest. He had always known how to command a boardroom, how to destroy with precision. But this fragile domestic hope…he didn’t know how to hold without crushing it. And yet, he wanted to try. For them. For Isla. For the boy they created from love and lost to cruelty.

He approached slowly, carrying a small wooden box in his hand.

"He’s... different with you," Isla murmured, not looking at him. Her eyes were still on Aaric, who now giggled and threw himself on the grass.

Lucian knelt beside her. "He’s different because he’s finally being loved the right way."

She looked at him then, her lips pressed into a wary line. S
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