Chapter 1037

Chloe's words left everyone at the table a little misty-eyed.

Glasses clinked as each person lifted their drink in a toast to her. When they all took a sip, it felt like the weight of the past two years the worry, the pain, the hopelessness—just fizzed away, leaving nothing but the tingle of bubbles and a slow, quiet relief.

Isaac broke the silence. "Honestly, Chloe, out of all of us, Connor had it the hardest while you were gone. He never stopped looking for you, day and night. The world's a big place, and Lucas made things even harder by giving you that fake identity. We're lucky, you know? If fate hadn't stepped in, who knows how much longer you and Connor would've been apart."

The name Lucas seemed to suck the air right out of the room. For a moment, no one spoke.

Isaac, a little too happy from the wine, hadn't meant to bring up old wounds. Taylor shot him a look-really, Isaac? Of all times?

Everyone knew Lucas was the one who'd stolen Chloe away. Those two years had been absolute hell for Connor. Bringing it up now was like twisting a knife.

But Connor just shrugged it off and smiled a little. "You're right. I'm just grateful things turned out the way they did."

over to Chloe, her face earnest. "Chloe, I know it was because my brother took you on that test flight that all of this happened. He's felt awful about it ever since. I want

haze. His voice went cold. "Taylor,

knew the

entirely. All Isaac knew was that Connor had always suspected Grant, and over these two

family wasn't exactly fond of her brother, and most of her fights with Isaac had

all this mess, and Isaac tried to keep her away from

that supposed to mean? Why do

always ached

kids, the only real family she'd ever had. Isaac hadn't always been like this-he used to respectGrant. But ever since Chloe went missing, everything changed. Now they acted like rivals, and Taylor was stuck in between the

walked over and gently took her hand. "Taylor, there are things you

completely lost. She knew Taylor

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