Semua Bab Fallon’s Reid: An Arranged Contract: Bab 301 - Bab 304

~Fallon~ The sun rose like it had been waiting for us. Soft gold spilled across the white curtains of the bridal suite, painting the walls in honey and warmth. I was already awake. Not from nerves—but from stillness. Anticipation. The weight of knowing this wasn’t just a wedding. It was a return. Today, I became Fallon Callahan again. Only this time… I was choosing it. The room buzzed around me—stylists fussing with palettes and pins, Mia barking orders like a Hollywood director, soft music threading through the air—but it all felt like background noise. Like the world had faded into soft focus, and all I could see was the path ahead. The life ahead. Mia peeked through the curtains and gasped dramatically. “Okay. The paparazzi have officially formed a human wall at the gate. It’s giving royal wedding meets Vogue editorial.” I laughed, curling my legs under me on the sofa, silk robe falling around my knees. “They’ve been waiting for this since the first breakup. I’m surprised t

~One Year Later~ ~Fallon~ The rain had just stopped when I stepped onto the porch. The world looked rinsed clean—washed of everything heavy. The sky was still gray at the edges, but light had begun to filter through in soft streaks, like gold ink bleeding through vellum. The air smelled like lavender and wet grass. Somewhere down the hill, a wind chime danced gently in the breeze—delicate, hollow, musical. It sounded like a lullaby. Like grace. Like the beginning of something quiet and holy. In my arms was everything I didn’t know I’d been missing. My daughter. Wrapped in a blush knit blanket, warm and impossibly small, her tiny cheek pressed against my collarbone. Her breath was soft and even, rising and falling like she had all the time in the world. As if she already understood something the rest of us hadn’t quite figured out—how to simply be here. I couldn’t stop looking at her. She had Reid’s lashes—absurdly long and unfair for someone so new to the planet. My nose. Ful