Chapter Seventy

Carlton sat nestled in the plush embrace of his favorite armchair, at his study desk at home, reminiscing about the good moments he had with Stacy, with happiness fluttering in his heart. With a wistful smile playing on his lips, he pulled out his phone and began to scroll through the gallery of pictures from their vacation.

He allowed the evergreen memories to wash over his mind like a gentle tide, feeling so much happiness from every meaningful moment they spent together. He felt so much happiness thinking about how their lives had played out in the beginning, and how she came back to his life so unexpectedly, even when he thought it was never possible. It made him realize how lucky he was in his life.

As he dropped text messages with so much love for her while waiting for her to reply to them, his mind suddenly traveled to the issue he had left on the ground before they went for their unplanned vacation.

His mind went back in time to the first time he saw Alison when they were b