LOGINAURELIA'S POV I sat in my room, recalling everything dad spoke... For so many years he kept these words in his heart, his love and yearning for mom pressed in the bottom of his heart just to give me a life full of everything.. Not even for a moment he made me think I was being a burden on him, nev
AURELIA'S POVI looked at him with wide eyes..."I was young and didn't know it'll lead to you... But did Iever regret having you? Yes... I did regret it when I saw your mother laying on the bed.. Her hands had almost no warmth... That scared me ... I thought this is how i loose the love of my life.
AURELIA'S POV Glassware's crashed on the wall as Theo avoided them from hitting him... "You rascal! I told you to take care of my daughter and this is what you do?!?! " Dad yelled as he threw another plate at Theo while I sat on the couch.. Just 5 minutes ago we sat dad down and told him I wa
AURELIA'S POV A week passed since that day.. I never heard back from Silea but Owen? That mothernature'sjoke had the audacity to try to talk to me over the time.. Once he realized who held the power now, who had wealth, he crawled back to me.. "Madam... Mr Ashford is back and demanding to
THIRD PERSON’S POV The Ashford residence was no longer filled with celebration. No laughter. No warmth. Just tension— Thick. Suffocating. Waiting to snap. The moment the message came through— Owen’s world tilted. He stared at his phone. Once. Twice. As if reading it again w
THIRD PERSON’S POV The world didn’t feel real anymore. Not as Silea stumbled out of the office. Not as the lawyer’s words replayed in her head—over and over, louder each time. No longer a member of Vance. It echoed. Mocked. Burned. Her steps were uneven as she made her way through th
THE NEXT MORNING When she woke up, she didn't do what she used to do.. She stayed quite and didn't mingle in family time.. She stayed by herself until Herman called her to join, until Owen noticed how vulnerable she was.. Though he was still a bit doubtful, Silea's act blinded him already.. He
THE NEXT MORNING Aurelia didn't come down.. Theo and his parents are supposed to leave early, before noon. Though she wanted to say goodbye, she couldn't do it without crying her eyes out again.. Herman had checked up on her in the morning, offering her to come down with him but she refused.. Sh
A FEW MONTHS LATER Winter had begun its grip, but the air still carried a chill that crept into bones and lingered. In those months since Theo’s departure, Aurelia had fallen into a fragile rhythm — school, afternoons in the garden when the weather allowed, evenings spent reading by the fireplac
“Let’s begin.” ----- The afternoon sun had mellowed, casting long golden shadows across the estate grounds. Aurelia sat cross-legged in the gazebo, a book in her lap, but she hadn’t turned a page in ten minutes. Theo leaned against the post beside her, his arms folded, eyes scanning the horizon







