Chapter 644

Isabella’s POV

He couldn’t have been more than five years old, his messy curls framing his chubby, cherubic face. He was hugging his knees to his chest, his tiny body squeezed into the narrow space as if hiding from the world.

I stared at him, completely stunned. Of all the things I had expected to find under my table, a little boy wasn’t one of them. I blinked, half-convinced that I was hallucinating. 

But he was real, his little nose wrinkling as he stifled a giggle, clearly amused by my shocked expression.

A laugh bubbled up in my chest, catching me off guard. It had been so long since I found anything genuinely funny, but the sight of this adorable child hiding under my table… it was ridiculous. And oddly charming.

“Well, well, what do we have here?” I murmured, my voice softening in spite of myself. I leaned in a bit closer, my curiosity getting the better of me. “Are you playing hide and seek?”

The boy’s eyes sparkled,