deep, requir

e clinic, quiet but present. H

club were too much. As the doctor finished, a w

was asleep in a chair beside the bed, his head resting on hi

small kindnesses

ball ticket and returning it with a

my car during a downpour when I was alrea

t from a bully when Mark and

a quiet force of good I'd been too blind t

, dear. Mr. Kelly insisted on stay

ather was here, very worried.

rk's mother. M

Chloe visited,

demanding he put a stop to this 'nonsense' with Jake and announce your engagement to Mark immediately!

g my collapse, the incident Tiffa

of course," Chloe added, a small smile p

of gratitude

hat's not all. Guess who else paid

at her,

ounced. "They came to formally ask

skipped

le, down-to-earth, always kind. The

s been... well, smitten for a while, apparently," Chloe giggled

e manipulative and grasping

ady made in my h

while later, looking

softly. "How ar

I meant it. "Thank you

faint blush on his c

big deal. It