Semua Bab Fallon’s Reid: An Arranged Contract: Bab 191 - Bab 194

~Fallon~The grand dining room of the Callahan estate felt like a battleground.The room was set with crisp white tablecloths, the polished wood of the chairs gleaming in the dim lighting. A few staff members lingered at the edges, observing, as if unsure whether they should interfere with what was to come. There was something suffocating in the air, thick with history, secrets, and the kind of tension that could split even the strongest bonds.I couldn’t believe I was back here. After everything that had happened, after the interviews, the betrayal, and the silence, here I was.Back at the Callahan estate.The sight of his father upturned my stomach, I hated my father inlaw more than anything now. The pitiful and apologetic look in the eyes of Evelyn, Reid’s mother, did nothing to ease the hate boiling in the pit of my stomach. And across from me, seated at the head of the table as usual, was Reid. His jaw was tight, his fingers steepled in front of him, eyes scanning over the paper

~Fallon~The morning light crept in through sheer curtains I hadn’t bothered to close.I hadn’t meant to sleep in the guest room again. I kept telling myself it was temporary—just a buffer space while I figured things out. But the bed in the master was too big, too cold. Too full of memory.And I hadn’t meant to stay up until 3 a.m. either, staring at the same ceiling, replaying every second of the family meeting like I could rewrite it in my head. Rewrite the moment Reid saw me. The moment I saw him.The moment he didn’t say a word.I rolled out of bed slowly, tugging my robe tighter around me as I padded toward the kitchen. The floors chilled my bare feet. Everything in the house felt just a little too still, like it was waiting for me to claim it—but I hadn’t. Notyet.No staff here. No fixed schedule. No eggs poached to perfection or a pressed green juice waiting at the counter.Just space.Solitude.I clicked on the kettle, the quiet hum filling the room like a second heartbeat. A