Chapter 65 Recognized After All These Years

Alistair turned to Caroline. "I need to step out for a bit."

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Caroline raised a brow. "You're not about to throw punches, are

you?"

He smirked. "What, you think he could take me?"

If playing the villain meant standing up to his monstrous father, so

be it.

She chuckled. "Just don't forget-he might bring backup."

Alistair rose. "Let him."

Eloise looked up, eyes wide. "Mommy, is Daddy going to fight someone? I wanna help!"

She puffed up like a little soldier, tiny fists clenched, trying her best to look fierce even as she trembled slightly. Alistair couldn't help but chuckle. He bent down and ruffled her hair.

"Daddy's a peaceful man, remember? I'm just going to say hi someone I used to know."

That seemed to satisfy her. She grinned. "Okay. Come back

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soon!"

Once he left, Caroline took Eloise-already yawning-over to one

of Chicago's nicer hotels to nap.

She wasn't worried about Alistair.

She'd made arrangements. Someone was watching from

the shadows, ready to intervene the moment anything went

sideways.

As they stepped outside, Alistair glanced back and gave them a bright, toothy grin.

The sun blazed overhead, and for a moment, his smile overlapped with a memory buried deep in Caroline's past-of a boy she'd once seen, long ago.

That same warmth. That same light. Twelve years, and she finally understood why

he had always felt so familiar. Why she couldn't seem to let him go.

They had met before.

Or rather... she had seen him before. Known him, silently, from a

distance.

blinked, her heart stuttering in

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forced a smile back and then turned,

street toward the

hear Celeste's

Alistair's been driving me and Liam crazy. Ever since his divorce, I've been losing sleep over him. If you know any girls who might

age, what kind of girl would go for that?

the marriage. Once she married Liam, Caleb took his

But he's still our child. It's not easy, watching him struggle. I mean, realistically, he's not going to attract top-tier women. But if it's someone

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that."

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She's thirty, divorced, and her family's been trying to marry her off for years. They're even offering a million dollars for anyone willing to move in as a stay-at-

her temple. "She's not

get along with, right? Maybe you could reach out, just in case. If it's

out a

his

the surface, poison underneath. She'd just managed to trash his entire worth as a man and still make it sound like she was doing

cold, "but I think

All eyes

staring.

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soon!"

he left, Caroline took

Chicago's nicer hotels

wasn't worried

Someone was

shadows, ready to intervene

sideways.

back and gave them a

grin.

overlapped with a memory buried deep in Caroline's past-of a boy she'd once

warmth. That same light. Twelve years, and she

felt so familiar. Why she couldn't seem to let

They had met before.

she had seen him before.

distance.

her heart stuttering in

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Don't lose control now.

and

the street toward

now to hear Celeste's voice, high

polished as ever.

I've been losing sleep over him. If you know any girls who might be a good match, please let us

go to college, and he's divorced. In this day and age, what kind of girl would go for that? Now, if it were Caleb, that's a different story. He's got the looks, the degree-studied

marriage. Once she married Liam,

But he's still our child. It's not easy, watching him struggle.

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