Chapter 42

• Danielle hadn’t expected it to feel so natural.
• Waking up in the Sterling estate after a quiet dinner that shifted the tides of her entire life should’ve been disorienting. Instead, it felt like stepping into a calm she didn’t know she craved.
• The sun filtered through the wide windows of the guest room—the same one she’d temporarily moved into to care for Theo. Now, though, her reasons for staying had quietly evolved. She wasn’t just here for Theo anymore.