Chapter 28
~ Hailey ~
I unwrapped it slowly, the paper falling away to reveal a plain white box. No branding. No labels. Just clean, simple cardboard.
When I lifted the lid, I found tissue paper. And beneath that...
A water bottle.
But not just any water bottle. This was beautiful — stainless steel with a brushed copper finish that caught the light.
The kind of thing you'd see in a boutique store and admire but never actually buy for yourself because it seemed too nice for something as mundane as carrying water.
I stared at it, confused. It was lovely, certainly, but a water bottle seemed like almost anticlimactic.
Jackson must have seen my confusion because he moved closer, his expression shifting from excited to something softer. More tender.
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