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Chapter fifty five
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2026-10-08 07:00:53Elowen POV
The Milan office had grown faster than any of us anticipated, and our first family trip to see it in person felt like its own kind of milestone, four years after that first tentative email had arrived suggesting an international partnership.
Noah pressed his face against the airplane window the entire descent, narrating the unfamiliar landscape below with the same breathless enthusiasm he'd once brought to every flight as a much younger child, while Will
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one night to steal my heart Chapter fifty seven
Elowen POVWillow's first day of kindergarten arrived with considerably more drama than either Noah's had, mostly because Willow herself had strong, vocal opinions about nearly every aspect of the transition."I don't want to go," she announced at breakfast, arms crossed with the particular stubborn determination that had defined her since infancy. "I want to stay home with you.""You're going to have so much fun," I said, trying for encouraging rather than dismissive of her genuine anxiety. "You'll make new friends, learn new things.""I already have friends. I don't need new ones."Caspian caught my eye across the table, a silent conversation passing between us about how best to handle her resistance without either dismissing her feelings or allowing the anxiety to escalate into a full battle before we'd even left the house.Noah, now considerably taller and more worldly at twelve than his little sister could possibl
one night to steal my heart Chapter fifty eight
Elowen POVThe invitation arrived in cream colored cardstock, elegant and understated, and I stared at Vivienne's name embossed at the top for a long moment before actually opening it."She's getting married," I told Caspian, sliding the invitation across the kitchen table. "To someone named Julian Marsh. Says here he's an architect.""Good for her." Caspian scanned the invitation with genuine warmth rather than any lingering awkwardness. "I'm glad she's found something real, finally. After everything with Desmond, and before that, everything with me.""Do you want to go?""Do you?"I considered the question seriously, thinking about the strange, winding path our relationship with Vivienne had traveled over the years, from adversary to cautious acquaintance to something now resembling genuine, if still somewhat careful, friendship."I think I do, actually," I said finally. "She's earned this. The apology, the
one night to steal my heart Chapter fifty six
Caspian POVNoah found the old photograph while helping me sort through a storage room we'd been meaning to clear out for years, boxes of my father's belongings that had sat untouched since his death, moved from the old estate to this one without ever being properly unpacked."Who's this?" he asked, holding up a faded picture of my father standing beside a much younger version of myself, maybe eight years old at the time, both of us looking stiff and uncomfortable in matching suits at some corporate event I barely remembered attending."That's your grandfather. My father." I took the photograph carefully, studying it with the particular ache that still surfaced whenever his memory resurfaced unexpectedly. "Marcus Ashford.""You don't talk about him much.""No. I suppose I don't." I sat down on an overturned box, gesturing for Noah to join me. "It's complicated. Our relationship was complicated, even before everything that happened at
one night to steal my heart Chapter fifty five
Elowen POVThe Milan office had grown faster than any of us anticipated, and our first family trip to see it in person felt like its own kind of milestone, four years after that first tentative email had arrived suggesting an international partnership.Noah pressed his face against the airplane window the entire descent, narrating the unfamiliar landscape below with the same breathless enthusiasm he'd once brought to every flight as a much younger child, while Willow, now four and considerably more opinionated about travel than her brother had ever been at that age, complained loudly about her ears popping until Caspian distracted her with a story about the gargoyles supposedly guarding the city's famous cathedral."Are they real gargoyles?" she asked, eyes wide with the particular credulous wonder of early childhood. "Like actually alive?""You'll have to see for yourself," Caspian said, winking at me over her head, clearly delighted by his
one night to steal my heart Chapter fifty four
Caspian POVThe board meeting had been scheduled to discuss quarterly earnings, a routine agenda item that turned complicated the moment Diane Castellanos raised an issue nobody had anticipated."We've received a proposal from a competing developer," she said, sliding a folder across the table. "They're interested in acquiring the Ashford Global luxury district project outright. The offer is substantial. Significantly above current market valuation."I scanned the numbers, understanding immediately why several board members were already exchanging interested glances across the table."This would mean abandoning the project entirely," I said. "Elowen's firm has already completed most of the design work. Construction is scheduled to begin within the year.""The financial upside is considerable," one of the newer board members pointed out. "Shareholders would see immediate returns rather than waiting years for the project's completion and eventual profitability."I sat with the proposal
one night to steal my heart Chapter fifty three
Elowen POVThe letter arrived through my studio's general mailbox, forwarded eventually to my home address once Farrah recognized the sender's name and understood it required more careful handling than routine business correspondence.My aunt's handwriting hadn't changed in all the years since I'd last seen it, still cramped and hurried, as though she resented the time it took to form each letter properly.I sat with the unopened envelope for nearly a full day before I finally worked up the nerve to read it, Caspian's steady presence beside me on the couch the only thing making the prospect feel survivable at all.Elowen,I've been unwell. The doctors say it's serious enough that I should get my affairs in order, whatever that means at this point in my life. I don't expect forgiveness, and I'm not writing to ask for it exactly. I simply wanted you to know, in case you ever wondered, that I think about what happened between us more tha
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