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Freya let out a breath, but a strange thought tugged at her again. “What if, years from now, some young girl shows up—someone who looks exactly like I did in my 20s?” Her brows furrowed as she voiced it. “Wouldn’t that tempt you?”

Ellis didn’t even hesitate. “No.”

“Why not?”

“Because I love you,” he said plainly, as if it were the simplest truth in the world. “Not who you were, not who you’ll become—just you. Always you.”

Freya pressed her lips together, letting the words sink in.

Part of her knew he meant it—had always meant it—yet her mind still tossed up scenarios she didn’t want to imagine.

She decided, after a quiet pause, that she’d simply been too idle lately. She needed to busy herself again. Find a project. Something to keep her from these aimless spirals.

out she thought this way, he’d probably double down on showering her with

it had taken him years of patient effort to slow her

his arms wrapping around her in a softer hold. “And on Saturday,

“Alright,” she said softly.

safety of his embrace. Maybe it was the tenderness in his

Freya kept herself busy, wrapping each day in routines that kept her


made her understand

always happened when life felt too perfect. When everything was going well—too well—her mind would stir up a little chaos, like her heart didn’t know what to

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her drift too far into the chaos. His presence was like a hand on her

knew it, winter

holidays in Jeucwell with Kristian, Freya and Ellis hadn’t signed them up for any

with excitement. Her curls bounced as she twirled in front of them. “Mommy! When is Uncle Kristian coming

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