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Chapter 53

Author: Kayla Sango
Breakfast at the Kensington mansion had an almost unreal air to it. The elegant morning dining room, with its wide windows allowing the sunlight to flood in, looked like something out of a design magazine. I tried to keep my composure as I watched Christian's mother, Isabelle Kensington, cut a slice of bread as if she were performing delicate surgery.

She hadn't stopped talking since she'd come down for breakfast, her Valentian accent subtly emphasized whenever it suited her—especially when she spoke about the "importance of family traditions." Every word was carefully chosen, every gesture perfectly calculated. Unlike Joseph, whose nobility came from natural authenticity, Isabelle exuded a forced aristocracy, as if she constantly needed to remind everyone of her position.

"It's a shame we only arrived yesterday," she remarked, looking straight at me. "We've had so little time to get to know our son's fiancée."

"We'll have plenty of time to get to know each other after the weddin
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