When Love Finds Its Way Back (Cassienne and Dreston) novel Chapter 326

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The possessiveness beneath the sentence sent warmth through her chest. Cassienne moved closer again instinctively, resting her hands lightly against his chest. “You shocked me today.”

Dreston tilted his head slightly. “Only today?”

She laughed softly under her breath. “No one has ever loved me that loudly before.”

Something changed in Dreston’s face after that. The teasing disappeared completely.

He touched her like she was something fragile and precious all at once before lowering his head and kissing her forehead slowly. “My mistake,” he murmured against her skin. “I should’ve started years ago.

Cassienne’s chest tightened painfully at the sincerity in his voice.

Before she could reply, the sound of another voice suddenly interrupted the atmosphere completely. “Well this is disgustingly emotional.”

Cassienne jumped slightly and turned.

Jessica Tremont stood near the entrance holding a bowl of strawberries while watching them with dramatic disappointment. “You people are becoming unbearable.”

Dreston sighed instantly. “This is my house, and why are you always appearing at the wrong moment?”

Jessica ignored him completely and walked further into the room. “The internet is exploding, by the way. Aunt Abigail cried watching your conference.”

Cassienne blinked. “She cried?”

“She called you both soulmates for fifteen minutes straight.”

Dreston looked deeply tired suddenly. “That sounds dangerous.”

Jessica dropped onto the sofa dramatically before grabbing the tablet again. “Oh!” Her eyes widened instantly.” Someone made another edit already.”

“Jessica,” Dreston warned.

Too late. She already turned the tablet around. And this time the edit included: Dreston and Cassienne, Corren and Aurora Complete with romantic orchestral music.

Jessica looked emotional for absolutely no reason. “This is cinema.

Dreston looked like he regretted returning home. Cassienne laughed again despite herself.

Honestly, the atmosphere inside the mansion finally felt alive again. And after everything, they needed that.

A phone suddenly vibrated against the coffee table.

Dreston glanced down at the screen. Then sighed immediately.

Cassienne noticed at once. “Corren?”

“Yes.”

Jessica immediately sat up straighter. “Put it on speaker.”

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“No.”

“Coward.”

Dreston answered anyway. The second the call connected, Corren’s voice came through calmly.

“Before anyone says anything-‘

“You proposed inside a media disaster?” Cassienne interrupted immediately.

Jessica burst into laughter.

Even Dreston’s mouth twitched slightly.

Corren sighed deeply on the other end. “Technically before the media disaster.”

Cassienne stared in disbelief. “You got engaged before announcing it to the internet?”

“I was improvising.”

“You proposed to Aurora while reporters were outside her boutique?”

“I had a schedule.”

Jessica nearly choked laughing.

Dreston finally sat down beside Cassienne calmly. “You ambushed the woman with marriage and press at the same time.”

“Thank you,” Cassienne said immediately. “Finally someone sensible.”

Corren sounded deeply unbothered. “She said yes.”

That silenced them briefly.

Cassienne’s expression softened first. Then slowly, she smiled.

Not teasing this time. But a genuine one. “You really like her.”

There was a brief pause on the line. Then Corren answered honestly. “Yes.’

His reply was simple and real.

And somehow that one answer changed the emotional atmosphere completely.

Even Dreston’s face softened afterward.

Cassienne leaned back slightly against the sofa. “How is Aurora handling all this?”

Corren exhaled softly. “Emotionally overwhelmed. Confused/ Slightly terrified of the internet.”

“That’s fair.”

Jessica suddenly grabbed the phone from Dreston’s hand dramatically. “One question.”

Corren sighed instantly. “Why do I hear danger?”

Jessica grinned wickedly. “When exactly did you realize you wanted to marry Aurora Stephen?”

Silence followed.

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Then Corren answered dryly: “The moment I realized she tolerated me voluntarily.”

Jessica screamed laughing. Even Cassienne nearly fell sideways laughing against Dreston.

Dreston himself shook his head quietly. “You deserve this suffering.”

“Thank you for your support.”

Eventually the laughter settled slightly. And for the first time since the chaos began, everything felt normal again.

Not perfect, but normal enough to breathe.

Later that evening, after Jessica finally disappeared upstairs still laughing about internet edits, inside the boutique, Aurora sat quietly inside her boutique office while Corren stood near the windows overlooking the city outside.

The media frenzy had finally calmed slightly. At least enough for silence to exist again.

Aurora watched him quietly for a moment. Even now, hours later, she still struggled processing everything that happened.

One day ago she was dealing with gala fittings and fashion clients.

And now? She was publicly engaged to one of the most powerful men in the tech industry.

Life was absurd. Corren finally turned away from the windows and looked at her. “You’re thinking too loudly.” Aurora smiled faintly. “That’s because today was insane.”

“That’s fair.”

She studied him quietly afterward. Then softer: “You really protected everyone today.”

Corren’s expression shifted slightly.

Aurora continued before he could dismiss it. “You protected Cassienne. You protected Dreston. You protected me.” Her eyes held his steadily now. “Most men would’ve made things uglier.”

Corren walked toward her slowly.

“But you didn’t.”

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