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Chapter fifty three
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2026-10-04 07:00:34Elowen POV
The 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 d
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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
one night to steal my heart Chapter fifty one
Elowen POVNoah's eighth birthday arrived with considerably less fanfare than Willow's had, mostly because he'd specifically requested something smaller this year, a quiet dinner with close family rather than the elaborate celebrations of years past."I just want it to be us," he'd explained a few weeks earlier, with the particular seriousness he brought to decisions he'd clearly thought through carefully. "And maybe Sienna. I don't need a bounce house or anything like that anymore."Caspian had looked faintly wounded at the suggestion, having apparently already begun researching elaborate party themes, though he'd recovered quickly enough once Noah explained his actual reasoning."I just think about all the kids at the Foundation sometimes," he said, poking at his dinner plate the evening he brought it up. "They don't get parties like the ones I've had. It feels weird having something huge when I know they don't."The observation lan
one night to steal my heart Chapter fifty two
Caspian POVReyes had never once asked me for anything beyond his professional salary in all the years he'd worked for the family, which was exactly why the hesitation in his voice when he finally called caught my attention immediately."Sir, I hate to bring this to you," he said, uncharacteristically unsteady. "It's a personal matter. I wouldn't ask if I had any other option.""Reyes, whatever it is, just tell me."He was quiet for a long moment before finally continuing. "My daughter, Maya. She's been diagnosed with a condition requiring a specialist most local hospitals don't have on staff. The nearest doctor equipped to treat her properly is out of state, and between the travel, the specialized care, and time away from work, I'm looking at costs I genuinely don't know how to cover."I sat with the weight of that for a moment, understanding immediately the pride it must have cost a man like Reyes to make this call at all. In all th
one night to steal my heart Chapter fifty
Elowen POVWillow's second birthday party sprawled across the estate's back lawn with the particular chaotic joy of a celebration planned by people who'd learned, through hard experience, exactly how much they valued the ability to simply gather everyone they loved in one safe place without fear shadowing the occasion.Balloons in every shade of pink and gold bobbed from the porch railings, a small bounce house dominated one corner of the lawn against Caspian's initial skepticism, and long tables groaned under the weight of a spread that had clearly been catered by someone determined to feed an army rather than a modest gathering of twenty."You went overboard," I told Caspian, watching him direct the final setup with the same focused intensity he once brought to board meetings."She's turning two exactly once. I intend to celebrate it properly." He pressed a kiss to my temple, watching Willow toddle unsteadily across the grass in pursuit of
one night to steal my heart Chapter forty nine
Caspian POVI found the letter tucked into my desk drawer while searching for something else entirely, a habit I'd developed over the past three years, writing things down I wasn't yet ready to say aloud, addressed to a version of Noah old enough to eventually read them.I'd started the practice shortly after his adoption was finalized, some instinct telling me that certain truths deserved to exist somewhere permanent, waiting for a future moment when he might need them more than he did as a small boy still learning to ride a bicycle without training wheels.I sat down that evening and added to the growing collection, the words coming easier now than they had in the earlier letters, when grief and uncertainty still shaped most of what I had to say.Noah,You're seven now, and completely unaware that I'm writing this, tucked away for some future version of yourself who might need to hear it more than the boy currently obsessed with din
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