A Careful Distance

I didn't give Hazel an answer. After living through two lifetimes, I just don't see marriage as something I have to check off my life list anymore.

Hazel and I were having breakfast downstairs when Declan walked in.

Even though things got a little tense between us yesterday, it didn't seem to bother him at all—he still wore that gentle, refined smile as he came in.

"Daddy!" Hazel called out happil