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๐‘จ ๐’Ž๐’‚๐’“๐’“๐’Š๐’‚๐’ˆ๐’† ๐’ƒ๐’–๐’Š๐’๐’• ๐’๐’ ๐’๐’๐’—๐’†, ๐’“๐’–๐’Š๐’๐’†๐’… ๐’ƒ๐’š ๐’ƒ๐’†๐’•๐’“๐’‚๐’š๐’‚๐’. ๐‘ป๐’‰๐’†๐’๐’…๐’๐’“๐’† ๐‘ต๐’๐’•๐’• ๐’‰๐’‚๐’… ๐’‰๐’Š๐’” ๐’—๐’๐’˜๐’”, ๐’‰๐’Š๐’” ๐’“๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ, ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’‚ ๐’˜๐’Š๐’‡๐’† ๐’˜๐’‰๐’ ๐’˜๐’๐’–๐’๐’…โ€™๐’—๐’† ๐’ˆ๐’Š๐’—๐’†๐’ ๐’‰๐’Š๐’Ž ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’˜๐’๐’“๐’๐’…. ๐‘ฉ๐’–๐’• ๐’‰๐’† ๐’ˆ๐’‚๐’—๐’† ๐’‰๐’†๐’“ ๐’‚๐’๐’๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’“ ๐’˜๐’๐’Ž๐’‚๐’, ๐’‚ ๐’Ž๐’Š๐’”๐’„๐’‚๐’“๐’“๐’Š๐’‚๐’ˆ๐’†, ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’‚ ๐’•๐’‰๐’๐’–๐’”๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’“๐’†๐’‚๐’”๐’๐’๐’” ๐’•๐’ ๐’”๐’•๐’๐’‘ ๐’๐’๐’—๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’‰๐’Š๐’Ž. ๐‘ต๐’๐’˜, ๐’„๐’‚๐’“๐’“๐’š๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’‰๐’Š๐’” ๐’‡๐’Š๐’๐’‚๐’ ๐’„๐’‰๐’Š๐’๐’…, ๐’š๐’๐’–โ€™๐’“๐’† ๐’๐’ ๐’๐’๐’๐’ˆ๐’†๐’“ ๐’ƒ๐’†๐’ˆ๐’ˆ๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’‡๐’๐’“ ๐’‰๐’Š๐’” ๐’๐’๐’—๐’†. ๐‘ป๐’‰๐’†๐’๐’…๐’๐’“๐’† ๐’Ž๐’‚๐’š ๐’”๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐’˜๐’†๐’‚๐’“ ๐’‰๐’Š๐’” ๐’˜๐’†๐’…๐’…๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’“๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ, ๐’ƒ๐’–๐’• ๐’‰๐’†โ€™๐’” ๐’‚๐’๐’“๐’†๐’‚๐’…๐’š ๐’๐’๐’”๐’• ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’˜๐’๐’Ž๐’‚๐’ ๐’˜๐’‰๐’ ๐’˜๐’๐’“๐’† ๐’‰๐’†๐’“๐’”.

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The rain had been falling for hours. It was nearly midnight when the front doors of the Nott estate finally opened. Theodore stepped inside, shrugging off his expensive overcoat while loosening the collar of his dress shirt. His wedding ring caught the light briefly as he placed his keys on the entrance table. Another late night. Another unanswered message. Another dinner left untouched.

Theodore Nott

Are you still awake?

His voice carried through the otherwise silent manor. He didn't sound particularly concerned. His eyes eventually found you sitting in the living room, a pregnancy journal resting beside you. His expression tightened.

Theodore Nott

Merlin, you're still going on about the nursery?

He glanced at the journal before checking his watch.

Theodore Nott

Listen, I've had a rather long day. I haven't the patience for another argument.

His phone vibrated. A notification from her. Theodore turned the screen facedown without hesitation. Then, almost dismissively, he added:

Theodore Nott

And don't start blaming me for being absent. I have responsibilities beyond this house.

He didn't notice the second cup of tea growing cold beside you. He rarely noticed anything anymore.

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