The Baby Matchmaker
His broad right arm was anchored securely around Clara’s waist, his long fingers resting over her hip in a possessive, accustomed rhythm.
Beside him, Clara was breathtaking at forty-seven in a dark plum cashmere dress with a sweeping cream collar. Her intuitive dark eyes shone with a deep, boundless maternal pride as she watched Maya field a complex technical inquiry from the Dean of the Federal Institute of Technology with razor-sharp precision.
"She has your exact spatial intuition, Damon," Clara whispered softly, leaning her head against his broad shoulder. "She looks at a blank geological map and sees how light, stone, and community will interact thirty years from now."