All Chapters of Lawfully Wedded Nanny (BWWM): Chapter 231 - Chapter 233

Elara stormed out. Her foot falls fading into nothingness but still her presence remained. Her indignance remained. Monet was glad it remained. Something that heavy shouldn't have to shrink with Elara's absence. It shifted the air, cracked the stillness, left behind something louder than silence. The door closed softly behind her, and the quiet returned as if it had been waiting. Monet remained where she was. Stephanie did not sit again. For a long moment, neither of them spoke. Up close, Monet could see it more clearly now—the fine lines time had written into Stephanie’s face, the absence of polish, of performance. There was no distance left to hide behind. Just a woman. Just the truth of her. “You look…” Stephanie started, then stopped. Monet tilted her head slightly. “Like what?” Stephanie exhaled, a faint, almost disbelieving sound. “Like someone I don’t get to claim.” The honesty of it settled between them, fragile and sharp. Monet didn’t soften. “You don’t.” Steph

Monet spent the entire flight home pondering the conversation she had with her mother and younger sister. In all her years, she never thought she'd hear herself say all those words: mother and sister. Her own family. But they weren't really her family. Her family was back in the heart of New York, waiting for her. Stephanie Jacobs hadn't been woman enough to face her choices. Their resemblance only spanned physically. The woman she'd become had nothing to do with Stephanie or the choices she's made. Thank you.” She whispered to herself but it was really for Mother Margaret and Richard. The house felt the same, that was the first thing Monet noticed. Not changed. Not unsettled. Not altered by everything that had happened in ways the world would recognise.Just, the same. The children’s laughter carried down the hallway, light and unrestrained. Something clattered in the kitchen. A voice—Carter’s—calling out something unintelligible, f