Chapter 144

Once upon a time. Natalie recalled being just like Nate, stubbornly waiting for Brian who hadn’t come home on time. No matter how much Sadie tried to convince Natalie, Natalie would insist on waiting just a bit longer for him to join us for dinner, to come to bed and rest together.

Back then, Brian was always busy.

Perhaps it was more accurate to say he was perpetually caught up in a whirlwind of work.

But in those days, even if Brian exchanged just a few words with Natalie at the dinner table, or said “Goodnight” and told her not to stay up too late with her book, she’d secretly be thrilled for hours.

Looking back, it was like searching for sugar in a pile of shattered glass.

A cool breeze wafted in, carrying the faint scent of wilting roses and the robust aroma of the gardenias, a surprisingly pleasant yet piercing fragrance.

“Nate, are you cold?” Natalie asked, breaking the silence.

Nate

e sprang up from the ground, dashed over to where Natalle was, and snuggled into her embrace, his little hands chilly to the touch.

blend of fibs and enticement that finally got

and Reid

so she refrained from calling to check in, but now it seemed they wouldn’t

starving.” Natalie said to Sadie

prepared so much food…” Sadle hesitated.

she could finish. “He must be

it just didn’t feel complete But thankfully, this was the first

it was late. Natalie took Nate straight upstairs to rest.

just before sleep, Nate was still asking, “Is Daddy back

wake up in the morning, he’ll be back,”

balcony, staring at his

demeanor and grumpy

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when Robert was nothing but sweetness and attentiveness.

could really say what was right or

liked Brian, dreaming that one day she could marry him and become his wife. Now at twenty–eight, that belief hadn’t changed.

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