NovelOnlineChapter 332
Audrey's POV
‘Mommy, why are you sleeping on the couch?”
Emma’s voice yankedfrom sleep. My neck ached from a night on the hotel couch.
‘Daddy made breakfast! And Dr. Clarke is waiting to say goodbye. Grandpa and Grandma want us back in
Sydney!”
| ruffled her hair, trying to focus. “You're up early.”
‘No I'm not! The handsuncle and pretty auntie already visited!”
I frowned. “What uncle and auntie?”
‘I wanted to wake you, but the uncle said you were too tired and needed sleep!*
Ethan and Astrid. They must have stopped by before heading back to New York.
Emma thrust a small box atlike she was offering the crown jewels. “They left this for you.”
| opened it, and my breath caught. Inside wasn't just jewelry it was my collection. Not samples, but finished
pieces with actual retail tags.
A card in Ethan’s handwriting sat among them:
“We bought these from a Long Island boutique. Your designs are in every Original Stupartner store now. Your
greatest wish ctrue. Since you've been given a second chance, don’t chain yourself to the past. We can’t
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I bit my lip, fighting tears. They'd left without goodbyes of course they had to rush back to their careers in New
York. But this gift said everything.
Emma touched a necklace. “Can | have this? It's so pretty!”
| pinched her chubby cheek. “It’s all yours.”
‘Food’s ready,” Adrian called from the table. “After breakfast, we should visit the hospital.”
| paused.
‘Blake Parker's wound is infected,” he added, setting down plates. “Since he was hurt protecting you, we should
check on him.”
| realized with a jolt that I'd completely forgotten about Blake's condition. Last night I'd been too caught up in
seeing my friends, then distracted by Ella's message about Blake stepping back from our collaboration.
I've changed. The oldwould have worried all night about Blake's slightest discomfort. Now I'd barely thought
about his serious injury.
Maybe I really was moving on.
After breakfast, | played with Emma and Snow on the floor. The cat pounced at our toy, no longer hiding from
Emma. Watching them made my chest tighten.
Poor Snow had bounced between so many homes in the past months fromto Ethan, to Blake, almost to Dr.
Clarke, and now back to me. Too much change for a cat who just wanted stability.
Adrian finished cleaning up and touched my shoulder.
“Snow's staying with you for good,” he said quietly. “When we go back to Sydney, keep her hor take her
when you travel. She'll be happy anywhere as long as she’s with you.”
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This simple scene hitunexpectedly this peaceful moment with a child and pet was what I'd always wanted.
What Blake never gave me.
“You said Blake’s wound is infected,” | found myself saying. “How is he?”
Adrian’s hand paused on Snow's fur. “Don’t know details. Dr. Clarke’s student just mentioned it. We'll find out
when we visit.”
| stood up. “When do we leave?”
Adrian’s POV
“We can go now,” | said, watching her face.
She didn’t know that the urgency in her eyes when asked about Parker was too unmistakable. Had he really
never left her heart? Despite her claims she was over him?
| smiled bitterly, turning away for my coat. Who was | to judge? Evelyn was dead, yet | couldn't let her go, still
wanting Audrey as her replacement. How could | expect Audrey to break ties with a man who was still alive?
Even understanding this, | still had to try. | missed Evelyn too much.
| drove us to the hospital after leaving Emma with Dr. Clarke’s students. The arrangement made sense - Emma
cried whenever she saw Blake, and we didn’t know his condition. A child's crying might disturb his recovery.
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