Chapter 38 - The AnswerAmber stared at him, her breath catching in her throat. She had never dared to dream that he would ask her that question—not after everything she had put him and Noah through.
"Thomas... are you sure?" she asked, her voice cracking with emotion. "You don't have to do this out of pity or because the danger is gone."
"It's not pity," Thomas said, his gaze unwavering and full of a profound, mature love. "It's because I've spent two years watching you fight to rebuild yourself from the ashes. I don't want the woman I married ten years ago. I want the woman you are today. The woman who isn't afraid of the truth."
Tears streamed freely down Amber's face, but she smiled—a radiant, unreserved smile that reached her eyes.
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"Yes," she whispered, stepping into his arms. "Yes, Thomas. I'm coming home."
He pulled her close, resting his chin on her hair as they held each other in the quiet sanctuary of the garden. The past could not be erased, but for the first time, their future belonged entirely to them.
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