Chapter Forty Five Sophia had already arranged a meeting the next morning. She had informed Rachel to come early that she would be inviting Noah over. So they could beg him and probably he might consider her. Sophia’s heart pounded in her chest as she rehearsed what she would say. Noah had always been a complicated man, difficult to read and even harder to convince. She knew she had hurt him, and she couldn’t erase the past, but maybe, just maybe, she could salvage the future. The morning arrived faster than Sophia anticipated. The first rays of sunlight crept through the curtains, casting a soft glow across the room. Sophia had hardly slept, her mind racing with what-ifs and maybes. She was nervous, but she was also resolute.By the time Rachel arrived, the house was already filled

