Chapter 0124
I miss those days, miss what we were. The regret hits me like a ton of bricks, settling heavy in my

chest. It’s a regret that’s been there for too long, lurking in the shadows even when I was too stubborn

to acknowledge it.

Finally, after another hour and a half of driving, the towering trees give way to the familiar entrance of

my estate. I haven’t been here in a few months now, but it feels just as familiar as ever; especially with

Abby beside me.

I throw her a quick glance, hoping that I don’t see any glimmer of doubt in her eyes. “Ready?”

“As I’ll ever be,” she says, though I catch a note of uncertainty in her voice.

I pull into the driveway, the old mansion coming into view. Before I can even cut the engine, the front

door swings open. Gerald, our family butler for as long as I can remember, steps onto the porch. His

face lights up when he sees me. “Mr. Karl!” he exclaims, shuffling out. “How nice to—” But then, his

face falls the moment his gaze lands on Abby.

“Miss… Abby? What are you doing here?” he asks, a thinly veiled note of disapproval coloring his

words.

her

and though he says nothing more, his eyes say it

if he has a problem with Abby being here, that’s his issue to

with, not ours.

“I got

have to

I gesture

stepping onto the cobblestone path that leads to the door. I catch up to her

entirely uncomfortable.

garden she once adored, the manor

tugs at my heart.

inside, she continues to look around, this time at the grand staircase, the antique

adorning the walls. All the things that make this place

It’s a home. It was her home, too, once upon

the stairs. Her room—the master

room—is right at

she murmurs, but her voice

the room she spent so many years in. It’s been

gone, but I kept the furnishings the same. In fact, I couldn’t sleep

I

breathes, stepping

furnishings to the photos still sitting on top of her old dresser. One

catches her eye, a candid shot of us, laughing like

couldn’t bear to look at it

fell in love with

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