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Author: Ellcarolinne
last update Huling Na-update: 2025-03-22 10:59:30

Lily Montgomery

This mansion was eerily silent. The portraits scattered along the hallway seemed to watch me with every step I took. My gaze fixed on one particular photo: a blonde woman with expressive eyes and a subtle smile. She was beautiful. There was something melancholic in her eyes, something that made me hesitate.

"Mary was a good wife," Luigi's voice—or rather, my father's—echoed behind me. I slowly turned around, my heart tightening in my chest.

"Didn't you want to have children with her?" I asked, trying to ignore the feeling that I was trapped in a snare.

"It was a marriage of convenience. There wasn’t enough love for that," he replied.

An ironic laugh escaped my lips before I could stop myself. "It seems like this family is used to that."

"Lily, I don’t want you to think that way." Luigi sighed, crossing his arms. "Arranged marriages are common in the world we live in."

"I'm not part of that world," my voice came out cold, firm.

He looked at me for a moment, then bluntly
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