(Author’s POV)Four days passed like drifting clouds, soft, indistinct, and strangely quiet.After that night, something subtle but profound changed inside Ivy. She didn’t talk about Kemal. She didn’t ask questions. She didn’t search his name again or look restless the way Aurora had feared. Instead, she slept, deeply, peacefully as if a long-missing piece of her soul had finally settled into place.For the first time in her life, Ivy knew something with certainty. She wasn’t alone in this world. She had people who chose her every single day, Aurora, the Skylar brothers, the staff who treated her like something precious. And somewhere beyond the walls of the mansion, she now knew there existed a man whose blood ran in her veins. A father. Someone who, even if distant, was hers.
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