Chapter 147

Chapter 147

For a moment, she hesitated. Then, she answered.

“Nora.” His voice was as steady as always, deep and composed. “I ordered some fireworks a while ago.

Abby mentioned she wanted you to have some.”

Nora instinctively began to refuse. “That’s not necessary-”

“It was Abby’s request,” Cole interrupted smoothly, leaving no room for argument.

A brief silence stretched between them before Nora sighed, conceding. “Fine. Where do I pick them up?”

“I had them delivered,” he said simply. “You’ll see when you get there.”

Later That Afternoon;

Just past 2:00 p.m., Nora pulled into the designated location, expecting to pick up the fireworks Cole had arranged to be sent.

But when she stepped out of the car, she didn’t find a delivery truck or a stack of neatly packed boxes waiting for her.

Instead, she found **Cole himself** standing there.

She stopped in her tracks.

Cole was dressed in a dark, tailored coat, his stance as composed as ever. The winter breeze toyed with the strands of his dark hair, but he remained unmoved, his gaze resting on her the moment she arrived.

Nora’s brows lifted slightly. “I thought you said they’d be delivered.”

His lips quirked, just slightly. “They were.”

Her eyes narrowed in mild suspicion. “You just happen to be here, then?”

smoothly, though the ease in his tone didn’t quite hide

actions.

shifting her weight slightly.

“I know.”

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effortlessly, yet firm enough that she knew

a

between them, thick with things

toward the neatly packed boxes nearby, “Want me

second before nodding.

as Cole had mentioned over the phone, but when she opened the trunk of her car, what she saw caught her off guard,

packed New Year’s gifts–wrapped carefully, each package exuding

were boxes of traditional sweets, festive decorations, and

children.

lips together as she turned to Cole,

mind.

“This is too

“I can’t

spoke, his tone firm but calm. “They’re

it had just been from

Abby–had personally prepared these? That made it harder to

brief pause, she exhaled and turned back to her car. “Then let me at least give

return.”

she had placed in the backseat, pulling out a few carefully

festive items, sweets, and a craft she had worked

A return gift.”

his gaze flickering over the neatly wrapped

caught his eye.

items was a small,

running his fingers lightly over the delicate threads. “What’s

but there was

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