Chapter Thirty Nine

Maximillian Edwina returned to the hospital with the clothes we needed, her arms full of our wrinkled familiarity from home, and thankfully without her lover boy. Relief washed through the room like steam rising off hot coffee. But of course, getting the clothes was only half the battle.One problem solved. But naturally, another one popped up right after—Where were we supposed to bathe and change? That was the next problem. The hospital bathrooms were either tiny or shared, and frankly, I wasn’t about to ask Priscilla and her daughters to freshen up in some overcrowded, disinfectant-reeking stall. Everyone looked tired, sticky, uncomfortable. I figured I’d try my luck.I slipped away from the group, already running a few lines through my head. Time to charm someone. I’d gotten out of worse situations with a smile and some polite audacity. It was time to put the dimples to work.I spotted a nurse across the corridor, young, round-faced, bright-eyed, and thankfully not too busy. Her

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Chapter Forty

For as long as Cyril Jonas could remember, he and Matthias had been friends. Their fathers were friends, and their great-grandfathers before them. It felt like something passed down through bloodlines—the kind of loyalty that didn’t need to be spoken to be understood. So it only seemed natural that the third generation would continue that legacy of friendship.Even though Matthias’s family was wealthy and Cyril’s was not, it had never affected how they saw each other. Status never factored into their bond. It was that very sense of equality that led Matthias to believe it made perfect sense for his third eldest child and second son, Steven, to be betrothed to Cyril’s youngest daughter, Edwina. It wasn’t just about preserving tradition; it was about deepening the bond between their families—making it permanent.For the sake of peace, and perhaps out of fear, Cyril chose to withhold the truth from Edwina until the time was right. But the more he watched her around Steven, the clearer i

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Chapter Forty One

All he had left were what-ifs, unspoken regrets, and a lukewarm affection for the woman he had married—Lillian, Steven’s mother. Sometimes, when the nights were too quiet and the house too still, Matthias wondered if she could tell. If, after all these years, she had sensed that his heart had never truly been hers.That his heart had long belonged to another woman—a woman who was never his to lose, and yet not his to love either. A woman who wasn’t her. A woman who had married his best friend.Priscilla. He often questioned how different his life might have been if he’d spoken up years ago. Maybe he would’ve been the one praying with her in hospital corridors instead of offering help as an outsider.He was pulled from his thoughts by the warmth in Priscilla’s voice.“Thank you for the food items you gave us, Matthias. You didn’t have to,” Priscilla said, her voice warm and genuine, her grateful smile enough to stir something buried deep in him.He shrugged lightly, spreading his hands

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Chapter Thirty Nine

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