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Chapter 29

Author: Michy Gaza
last update Huling Na-update: 2025-08-05 02:41:34

Elara looked at him then...

There was something about the way he handled her daughter that made her chest feel painfully tight. Not overbearing. Not performative. Just… respectful. Present.

It was the way he listened.

The way he didn’t rush to impress.

Mira disappeared down the hallway, calling over her shoulder, “Come on! They’re in my closet! But don’t touch Mr. Bubbles, he bites.”

Julian turned to Elara with a quiet chuckle. “Should I be afraid of Mr. Bubbles?”

“He’s a stuffed shark.”

“I’m terrified.”

She laughed softly, and the sound eased something in both of them.

“She likes you,” Elara said after a pause.

“I like her,” he replied without hesitation.

Their eyes held for a long moment, one of those quiet, heavy gazes where a hundred things go unsaid. And yet, everything is heard.

“Go on,” she said softly. “She’ll talk your ears off.”

He hesitated only a moment before stepping after the little girl, already being summoned again from somewhere down the hall.

Elara stood still for a
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