Chapter 724

Nick’s POV The four of us got into the car almost at the same time.

Bella dove into the back seat, sliding across it like it was the couch at home.Her small backpack in her lap.

Hair still rumpled from the morning.The unfiltered excitement of someone who doesn’t store anxiety in her body.

“Seatbelt,” Martina warned automatically, before she had even sat down.

“I know, Grandma,” Bella replied, clicking it in with a dramatic sigh, just to perform that she was being forced.

Gwen closed the passenger door carefully and settled in slowly, her hand going to her belly in an instinctive gesture.

I got into the driver’s seat, put the key in, and for a second just stared ahead, feeling the good weight of having everyone there. I started the engine.

It turned over and something inside me did too.

Gwen glanced at the back seat.

Bella had already stretched her legs out and was swinging her feet in the air.

Then she looked at me with a smile that was too innocent for the woman she was.

“We’re going to need a bigger car soon,” she commented casually, like she was talking about replacing a couch.

I didn’t take my eyes off the rearview mirror.

“What? Mine can handle it.” Martina turned toward me with the look of someone who had just heard a crime against humanity.

“Stop being cheap, Nick,” she shot back.

Kensington soon.Investing in your family’s comfort is essential.” Gwen laughed,

pointed at the two of them with

now?” Bella raised her hand from the back seat

“Yes, Daddy.I’m on Grandma’s side.” Gwen paused

“Oh,” she said.

The three of them started laughing like

head, defeated, pulling the car out of

“I’m doomed,”

“Surrounded by temperamental women.”

is a

is,”

left Florentia with the car full of voices.The road to Montelira had always

a path I

morning, I

pulled into Montelira, I felt a pressure in my chest

road like it had

The construction

No more debris.

No hammering.

No improvisation.

The walls were clean.

The windows installed.

The courtyard organized.

looked

Dante was there.

smile of

him, Paula was talking to one of the employees, clipboard in hand, her hair pulled

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