Chapter 716

Gwen’s POV

Florentia sunlight had that quality that made everything feel possible for a few hours.

Like the city was offering me a truce.

A small window where nothing was urgent, nothing was a headline, nothing was a courtroom.

I held Nick’s hand on the way to the hospital parking lot and felt his palm relax in mine.

Not completely.

He wasn’t a man who ever relaxed completely.

But enough for me to know the news had landed like water on dry ground.

A girl. I repeated the word in my head the way you test expensive fabric.

Carefully.

Afraid to tear it.

“You’re smiling,” he said as he opened the car door.

“I’m trying not to cry again,” I replied, my voice carrying that light honesty that only shows up when you’re too tired to perform.

He touched the back of my neck for a second.

A quick, protective gesture.

the driver’s seat and

Nick didn’t celebrate the way

He stored things.

Like every joy had to

Weighed.Accepted. I waited.

I knew that beneath that calm was a

sister,” he

I smiled.

“And that little sister is going to have an obsessed father,” I teased, nudging

breath that was half laugh,

already

I tightened my

buy a few things?” I suggested, like I was offering a path without

to look

“Today?”

“Today,” I confirmed.

we have…” I stopped, because I didn’t need to name the

They were everywhere.

who’s about to become parents.” Nick was silent for

Then he nodded slowly.

like he

I repeated, and felt the joy

Small.

Insistent.

district where I

the lighting is curated, the fabrics look softer just by being displayed, and silence

trying to make Nick uncomfortable.I just… existed in that place naturally.I grew

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