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The next morning, I sent the woman’s contact information to the alliance’s child assistance office, along with an account of what she had told me.The staff didn’t immediately decide who was telling the truth.They confirmed the baby’s circumstances first, then contacted both parents to establish how he was being cared for and who would take responsibility.A few days later, I received an update.Mason had taken the child home and agreed to follow-up visits.At the very least, the baby now had a stable place to live, and someone would be checking that he received proper care.I finally felt able to stop worrying.I no longer loved Mason.I had no wish to enter his life again.But a child shouldn’t have to pay for decisions made by the adults around him.A few months later, our daughter was born.She had Alexander’s eyes and my nose.The first time I held her, I was so nervous that I barely dared to breathe.Alexander sat beside the bed, one hand supporting her and the other holding min
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A year later, I found out I was pregnant.Alexander stared at the result for several seconds.Then he pulled me into his arms, started to lift me, and immediately put me down again.“Audrey.”His eyes shone.“We’re having a baby.”I laughed and patted his arm.“Then be gentle.”After that, he became even more attentive.He ate breakfast with me and walked with me in the evenings.If work took him away, he told me when to expect him home instead of leaving me to stare at unanswered messages.My mother visited often.Small clothes she had knitted for the baby filled a basket by the window.One afternoon, while I was looking through our honeymoon album in the garden, the gate intercom sounded.A guard told me a woman carrying an infant wanted to see me. She claimed there was an urgent matter involving someone I used to know.By the time I reached the porch, she had been brought into the outer reception area.“Are you Audrey Sterling?”“Yes. Who are you?”“A friend of Sadie Mercer’s.”She
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That evening, we had dinner at my mother’s house.The table held food I loved and could comfortably eat.Halfway through the meal, she mentioned my grandfather’s birthday.“We’re going to the country house for a couple of days next month. Come with us. He keeps asking about you.”“Of course.”I turned to Alexander.“Will you have time?”“Yes.”He smiled.“I promised him we’d go fishing. I haven’t kept that promise yet.”On my grandfather’s birthday, we drove out together.He seemed even happier to see Alexander than to see me.Before we had been there long, he was asking about the fund, the recently repaired roads, and half a dozen other things.Then he took Alexander straight down to the lake.My mother and I stayed in the garden, gathering vegetables for dinner.She glanced toward the water.“When your grandfather first suggested the arrangement, he worried about it too.”I looked up.“He was afraid you’d agree for the family’s sake and end up unhappy.”By the lake, Alexander bent ov
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After we returned to New York, life gradually settled into a new rhythm.Alexander went back to managing the fund and territorial affairs.I organized our honeymoon photographs and began reviewing plans to renovate several old buildings on my family’s land.I didn’t rush into a formal position.For the first time, I wanted to make sure I was healthy before deciding how much work to take on.One afternoon, I went to Aster’s offices to pick Alexander up.Near reception stood Mason’s new assistant, holding a stack of documents.He looked startled when he saw me.“Mrs. Sterling. It’s been a while.”“It has.”I nodded.He hesitated.“Mr. Cole asked me to pass on a message. He wishes you well. He won’t bother you again.”“Thank you.”I didn’t ask anything else.Instead, I headed for the elevators.Alexander was still in a meeting, so I waited on the couch outside.When the door opened and he saw me, he smiled immediately.“What brings you here?”“I came to take you home.”I stood and straigh
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One evening, we sat on the terrace beneath a sky full of stars.For a while, neither of us spoke.Then Alexander turned toward me.“I started liking you earlier than you think.”I looked at him.“The chocolate?”“That was the beginning.”He took my hand.“Afterward, I asked about you. When I heard you’d gone to Chicago, I thought about contacting you. I just didn’t know how to begin.”I studied his profile.The story felt different here, away from the preparations and formalities that had first brought us together.“Then I saw you at the museum last year,” he continued. “I realized how clearly I still remembered you.”“Why didn’t you come find me?”He was quiet for a moment.“I heard you had a boyfriend.”The breeze lifted the edge of my wrap.He drew it more securely around my shoulders before continuing.“I didn’t want my feelings to become a burden you had to manage.”I looked down at our joined hands.“Then my parents mentioned the arrangement between our families. When they showed
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The day after the ceremony, we left for Italy.Alexander had arranged for his deputy to handle the fund and secured permission for us to stay temporarily within the local pack’s jurisdiction.For once, neither of us had to keep looking back at unfinished work.We stayed in a converted farmhouse in Tuscany.The sunflowers were past their brightest season, their heavy heads bending toward the earth.A little lavender scent remained along the courtyard wall.Beyond the house, hills rose and fell beneath a wide sky.Our hosts were an older werewolf couple.They prepared dinner for us on the first evening: lamb chops, handmade pasta, and grape juice they had made themselves.I couldn’t drink much wine.Alexander chose the same juice without making an issue of it.Our host raised his glass and wished us happiness.Alexander and I looked at each other before gently touching our glasses together.The days that followed moved slowly enough that I stopped wanting to check the time.In the mornin
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