Chapter 2094

Once the dishes were cleared, they lingered beneath the mellow evening light, talking for a long, unhurried while, as though nothing monumental had just been promised.

As night fell, Magnus and Denise were going to sleep in separate rooms.

“You two are practically engaged already, so sharing a room won’t bring the sky down,” Calliope said with an unexpectedly progressive smile.

“Is that really all right?” Denise whispered, stunned.

In the past, her mother had lectured her to keep every button fastened until a wedding ring glittered on her hand.

Yet, now, that same woman was telling her to share a room with Magnus.

“Times have changed, sweetheart,” Calliope replied, voice light yet resolute. “The world isn’t what it used to be.”