All Chapters of My Mate Left Me on the Operating Table: Chapter 31 - Chapter 32

After our guests left, Owen washed the dishes.I carried Hazel to the window chair and returned to my book.Halfway down the page, he called from the kitchen.“Are you free tomorrow?”“Teaching in the morning. Nothing scheduled afterward.”“Want to visit the station?”The old station had a new exhibition.Another collection of stories saved because people decided they were worth keeping.“Yes.”I opened my calendar and wrote it down.No guessing.No waiting until midnight to learn whether the plan mattered enough to survive someone else’s invitation.Owen dried his hands and joined me.I shifted to make room.Hazel stretched between us, placing her paws across both our legs as though approving an arrangement she had designed herself.I laughed.Owen looked at me.“What?”“She’s still in charge.”“Obviously.”His shoulder settled beside mine.I could feel his contentment through the bond.But I could also see it in the way he relaxed, in the attention he gave my book when I told him abo