Chapter 155

• Ella's POV
• The room was bathed in a warm, golden glow from the bedside lamp, casting soft shadows on the walls. Outside, the night was calm, the world quiet except for the distant hum of crickets and the occasional rustling of wind through the trees. The chaos of the past few weeks seemed to fade as Marcel and I finally found a moment to just be… us.
• We had just tucked Evelyn into bed after her favorite bedtime story. She’d fallen asleep clutching her stuffed bunny, her little chest rising and falling peacefully. It brought a small smile to my lips, one Marcel returned as we left her room hand in hand and headed into ours.