But not Until now, Cora didn't just check boxes. She rewrote the list entirely.
In that silent beat between words, while the conversation hadn't officially started, Robert found himself staring at her, not in a way that would be inappropriate, but in a moment of realization. He didn't just admire her. He respected her. He saw a future in her.
After all the years of waiting, of telling himself that he wouldn't settle for anything less than extraordinary, he finally understood why.
Because he had been waiting for her, Cora.
The woman who deserved to be everything, his partner, his equal, the mother of his unborn children.
And in that exact moment, sitting across from her, Robert knew it in his soul, Cora was the one.
At that moment, Cora leaned forward slightly, her tone calm but firm, her words measured yet filled with purpose.
