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Chapter 108 Have We Met Before?

"Honey."

"Yes?" Alistair responded sleepily.

"I want you to be honest with me, okay? Don't worry, I won't be upset-did you

ever look down on me before? You know, think

less of me?"

"Look down on you? Why would I ever do that?"

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"Because back then, in your mind, I was a woman who had already had a child."

Alistair was bewildered by her question.

Could someone as remarkable as Caroline truly worry about being judged by others?

He was unaware that Caroline was specifically concerned about his judgment.

Based on her observations, Alistair never seemed to look down on

her at all.

But she needed to hear him express it in his own words.

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Chapter 108 Have We Met Before?

Alistair turned over, sat up on the bed, and pulled Caroline onto

his lap, wrapping his arms around her protectively. "You know,

I have often contemplated the same question... have you ever regarded me with disdain?"

Caroline blurted out, "How could I possibly look down on someone as wonderful as you?!"

Alistair asked, "What's so wonderful about me?"

Caroline hesitated for a moment. "Everything about you is

wonderful."

the conversation had reached this point, Alistair asked directly, "Caroline, have

call me Caroline in private

I call

Calling me Caroline

Caroline was changing the

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she hadn't successfully changed the subject, the

had given Caroline time

didn't want Alistair to know about her past. "What makes

"When we first met, I got the feeling you recognized

secretly surprised. Alistair's

felt a sense of familiarity, which had led her to trust him in a way that even she couldn't understand

when I first saw you," Caroline responded, half— truthfully. “Maybe I'd seen someone

before asking his next question. "When you proposed our marriage contract, besides Eloise accepting me, did it have anything to

a soft sound

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ever considered that your trust in me might actually come from that person who

tilted her head.

arms around Alistair's neck, blinking her beautiful eyes

special to me and that you've benefited

Alistair nodded glumly.

any problem

there be for Caroline's quick decision to commit to

tasted love, he was hopelessly addicted while simultaneously plagued by insecurity and fear of loss, terrified that one day

a dream.

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who I met before who looked like you. You're not allowed to think about leaving me! You

be the sweetest words

love you," he said, but these three simple words felt pale and weak, completely inadequate to convey the overwhelming love he had for

and it was already approaching noon, he

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her into his arms and went to the kitchen together. "The chicken noodle soup is ready, honey.

dining room connected directly to the kitchen, and as

caught the rich, distinctive

noon and missed breakfast, so the enticing smell immediately

twenty-some years of life, she had never really

to name one exception, perhaps it would be the

Have We Met

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