★Cassandra★
I woke up with a strange mix of calm and excitement fluttering in my chest. It was rare for me to feel both at once, but today felt different. Important in a way I couldn’t quite describe. Maybe it was because things with Nathan had finally settled into a rhythm that felt real. Not perfect, not smooth, but real. The kind of real that made everything feel worthwhile. The past few months had been chaotic. Emotional family dinners, unexpected revelations, hard conversations, and a little girl who had changed everything I thought I knew about life. Somehow, despite it all, Nathan and I had come out stronger. More connected. More certain about each other. Today was supposed to be simple. A date. Just the two of us. No distractions. No surprises. I clung to that thought as I got dre
