Chapter 54
Harper wanted to believe Sebastian. She wanted the letter and his words and his promises to be enough.
But three days later, doubt still gnawed at her.
They'd moved carefully around each other since the conversation in the ballroom. Polite. Considerate. Both trying too hard to prove everything was fine.
But Harper couldn't stop analyzing his every action through Vanessa's lens. When Sebastian worked late, was he avoiding her? When he brought her coffee in bed, was it genuine affection or strategic gesture? When he said he wanted the baby, did he mean it or was he just saying what she needed to hear?
"You're doing it again," Jessie said over lunch at their favorite cafe. "Spiraling."
"I'm not spiraling. I'm being cautious."
"You're waiting for him to betray you. There's a
