“When one finds one’s soulmate, one doesn’t wait. Isn’t that right, Mr. Bloom?” The word soulmate clears his gaze of suspicion as effectively as compulsion. “I suppose you’re right.” “You suppose?” Although her eyelids are still twitchy, Calanthe’s tone is smooth. “You didn’t even wait a full month before you asked Mom to marry you.” “But she, sweet pea, made me wait on her answer for two years.” Although he doesn’t question his daughter’s decision to marry me out loud, it infuses the air. “Life’s too short to wait for certain things, Dad.” She stares up at me, her jewel eyes drawing me so
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