Chapter 196: Hidden Hearts

**Chloe’s POV**

I never expected Gaia to let go of the past so easily. As I sat in the sunlit hall of the Rose-White Mountain villa, watching her laugh with Evangeline and Gina over pregnancy stories, a wave of surprise washed over me. Here she was—the woman I had once seen as a rival, the one Lysander had chased with such misguided passion—welcoming us without a trace of resentment. She had every reason to hold a grudge. I had been cruel, petty, ...