Chapter 26

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"Is it too late to take that back?"

Calista grinned as she pulled away from the hug. "Too late. Now you owe me an explanation."

With that, she walked into the bedroom to grab the ointment.

As she carefully tended to Henry's injury, she listened to him recount a chapter of their shared past.

For a brief period, it turned out, Henry and Calista had been neighbors. But back then, Henry's health had been fragile, confining him to his room most days.

"I used to sit by the window and watch you playing outside," Henry began. "I wanted so badly to join in, but my mom was too protective. She wouldn't let me step outside."

"One day, I cracked the window open, just a little, and I saw you standing below, picking up a leaf."

"When you noticed me, you smiled and handed it to me through the window."

The memory stirred something in Calista, and her expression softened. "I remember that. It really happened, didn't

it?"

later, her brows arched in surprise. "Wait, Henry-don't tell me you fell for me

chuckled, looking sheepish. "I

my parents to take you in after I heard about your

then," he murmured. "At least you could've been spared

pinched his cheek

through was worth it," she said softly. "Because in the end,

lit up with a grin. "You always know how to make me happy, wifey." Without warning, he swept her off her

blushing, Calista squirmed in his arms. "Henry! What

roughly shoved into a car by the estate's security team and dropped off

heard about the

caused enough

and you were

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nonstop, and if I hadn't managed to delay the

now!"

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