Hired a Gigolo, Got a Billionaire

Chapter 723

Chapter 723

Nick’s POV

The days passed.

Then the weeks.

At first, I measured time by fear. By the phone that could ring again.

A legal notification.A headline.A car parked too long in front of the building.

The feeling that life was only on loan.

Then, without me noticing exactly when it happened, I started measuring time by other things. By the hour Bella woke up and went straight to the kitchen, barefoot, hair sticking up.By the routine Martina built like someone rebuilding a house with her own hands.By the way Gwen began organizing the small details of our daily life.

And by the sound of my daughter’s laughter returning without fear.

Custody had started out as temporary.

An emergency measure.

A provisional residence.

Words that sound neutral on paper and, in real life, mean hold your daughter tight, but don’t trust it yet.

But temporary, with Bella, was never temporary. She had no trouble adapting to life with us again.

I did.

I kept waiting for the moment she

Or regress.

something I wouldn’t know how

the trauma

looked like

She went back to sleeping

the door like someone might walk in.Went back to talking

Her friends.

What she dreamed about.

I wouldn’t say

were my wall on the days I wanted

with the right kind of

to the

process moving without

celebrating

with the kind of love

simply took Bella in, like she was telling the universe this child has

Has soup.

Has a bed.

arms to fall

And me… I learned to be a

started as temporary custody

a dramatic victory, with

the world calls

safety at risk and engaged in parental alienation was more than enough for

to secure supervised visitation for

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