Chapter 91

After the news arrived that the man who had wounded her in body and soul was finally behind bars, Cassandra felt as though a weight had lifted from her shoulders. Every morning since then, she greeted the day with an easy smile and a brightness in her eyes that had been absent for far too long. Perhaps it was the miracle growing inside her that set her aglow, but even Thomas—her husband—found himself falling in love with her all over again, drawn to the gentle radiance that seemed to emanate from her very being.

In addition to her busy days at the agency and the countless moments she spent indulging Thomas in the sweetness of her presence—her so-called “Honey’s effect” that left him pleasantly dazed—she’d thrown herself whole­heartedly into planning her gender reveal party. Now midway through her fifth month of pregnancy, she’d just returned from the ultrasound clinic where the technician had finally confirmed the baby’s sex. And she’d decided, with a conspiratorial glint in h