Chapter 1296:

Cliff, ever composed, said, “Laney’s only twenty-three. There’s no need to rush into anything. We can revisit the topic of relationships later.”

Madison’s gaze flickered between the two of them. Something lurked beneath the surface, tugging at Madison’s intuition, though she couldn’t quite grasp what it was.

After dinner, as Cliff busied himself washing fruit and Laney retreated upstairs for a phone call, Madison huddled with her younger son and husband.

“I’d wager a hundred thousand that Cliff and Laney have rekindled their connection.”

Philip shook his head skeptically.

“Doubtful. If they’d reconciled, why would Laney maintain such distance from Cliff?”

Gerry abstained from the bet, his curiosity piqued by something else entirely.

“Has Cliff discovered some fountain of youth? He seems to have shed years from his shoulders lately.”

be medicine—Cliff abhors the stuff,” Madison

found something particularly

Cliff was indeed savoring something that brought

head tilted back, a soft whimper escaping her lips as they tingled

longing, fighting the urge to beg him to continue—her pride wouldn’t

Lɒtєѕτ чhɒρτєrѕ ιn gɑl𝑛οvєlѕ.сo𝓂

selected a plump

“Care for one?”

mouth parched from their

sweet mercy, and she savored them one after another, relishing their

cherries, Cliff?” she asked, curiosity coloring

with unveiled appreciation as he replied smoothly, “Oh, I will,

innocently, leaning forward to

else would

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