Chapter 116A Quiet JoyAdelaide’s POVI didn’t even realize when my arms wrapped around her again.I just knew I didn’t want to let go. “I missed you…” I whispered against her shoulder, my voice a bit shaky.Her hand moved slowly over my back, gentle, like she was trying to calm something deep inside me. “I know,” Rey said quietly. “I missed you too.”I stayed that way for a moment, just holding her and feeling happy, a kind of happiness I didn’t even know I could feel.Then slowly, she pulled back and looked at me face directly. “I have to leave now,” she said.My smile faded immediately. “So soon?” I asked without thinking. Something in my chest tightened again.I had just found her, this was the first time she visited and I wasn’t ready to let her go.She nodded gently. “I’ll be back by evening,” she added, her voice softer now.I opened my mouth to say something, to ask her to stay, but then she paused and her eyes shifted slightly toward the door.“Someone is coming,” she said q
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