Whisper of Fortune and Love

renity surrounding Jessica. She glided down the hallway, a sense of elegance in her footfalls that had been missing for ages. It wasn't simply that the nature

d. He had said love was worth the risk. And for that moment, she believed him. Now he was not the same man who'd left her before. He was someone who had evolved, someone who had discovered that love was not something to be controlled or to be kept at

not be articulated, every nonverbal action binding them as they stepped closer to healing the wounds that once ripped them asunder. But there was a silent, unbreakable bond that had survive

ad been focused on getting every detail of the event planned. Every detail spoke of his devotion to the cause Jessica had labored so long to create, but what was more, for the new h

was a vulnerability he could not hide. His eyes scanned the crowd, patiently waiting on her. He didn't know how things would turn out, but

d all he could hear was the pulse of a thousand conversations faintly ringing in a distant place, the electric thrum

d it. He took a couple of steps toward her, his heart racing in his chest, but also a gray fear, the so

s tighten her chest in a way she hadn't anticipated - that feeling of seeing Michael, standing before her with that all too familiar warmth i

ddenly, a lifetime creeping into unshed tears, everything they had ever

from her face with an intimacy that said everything. "I

at they had built together, brick by brick. The word made her heart swell as she nodded and felt warmth spread throug

y, her lips forming the hi

didn't own them anymore. For that brief instant, Jessica could see: the outline of possibility that had felt so vague only days before now crystalli

ing the ballroom with their responses-opening hearts and wallets to the cause, and the future Jessica and Michael were now building together. But all that yelling and all that celebration, Michael had one thing on his mind: the perfect mom

smile and glance sealed the path they walked. And when the time was right, h