Jessie attempted to rise, suggesting they head downstairs, but Albert playfully suggested, “Stay here for a moment.

I’ll bring the food up so you don’t have to change.

Jessie, asserting herself with a gentle firmness, refused.

She bit her lower lip and explained, “This isn’t right.

I need to be responsible at home too.

How can I maintain authority if we ignore our duties?”

Albert was pleasantly surprised by Jessie’s readiness to help manage the household staff.

It touched him deeply, reinforcing his feeling of finally having a true home after years of uncertainty.

He was grateful that the person he loved was willing to nurture this home with him.

subtly, tapping

Jessie smiled in response.

absorbed in a magazine, giving her space

quite attentive, his respectful distance today struck Jessie as

thoughts, Albert closed his magazine and remarked,

took her hand, and together they

of Jeslyn, allowing Albert and Jessie to discuss household

the afternoon, let’s visit my mom,” Albert

don’t

Albert smiled gently.

to her

meeting a few times during the holidays

Jessie nodded in understanding.

familiar with Helen, Albert’s mother, who

to Helen, but she respected her

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