Lilian’s POVAfter Bastien’s divorce, would he marry me?The answer should have been obvious.For three years, I had waited. Three years of patience, restraint, sacrifice. Three years of swallowing my pride, tolerating that woman’s existence in his life like an eyesore that refused to disappear. Bastien had always come back to me in the end. He had chosen me once before. He would choose me again. That was what I told myself.So when Elijah teased him about marriage, when all eyes turned to Bastien, waiting for his answer, I was already prepared to smile modestly, to play the role of the understanding woman who never pressured him.But Bastien didn’t speak, and the silence stretched.I watched his face carefully. His brows were slightly drawn together, his gaze unfocused, as if he were looking at something far beyond the table, far beyond this room.And in that instant, a horrifying thought pierced me.He was thinking about Angel.That bitch.The realization hit me like a slap. Heat r
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