Todos los capítulos de MY FORBIDDEN MATE: Capítulo 121 - Capítulo 125

Liora POV The Blackwood Industries annual gala arrives months later, a mandatory company event.I can no longer avoid now that I am formally working within the family business under Adrian’s mentorship. I attends with Selene beside me, the two of us arriving together as sisters in a way that would have seemed impossible only months earlier. “You look steadier than I’ve seen you in a year,” Selene tells me in the car. “So do you,” i answer honestly.The ballroom is exactly the kind of overwhelming spectacle i have learned to navigate over the past several months. champagne, careful small talk, executives measuring each other’s every word for hidden meaning. I spots Darius almost immediately across thecrowded room, and for a moment neither of us moves, both caught in the strange gravity of being in the same space again after everything.We didn’t approach each other right away. I busied myself with Adrian, discussing apending deal, while Darius remains largely on the oppos

Liora POVOver the following months, Darius keeps his word in small, consistent, unglamorous waysrather than through any single grand gesture. a text checking in without expecting a lengthy reply, showing up to family dinners at Selene’s invitation without ever pushing to be seated near me specifically, quietly supporting my growing role in the family business without ever trying to claim credit for my success or steer my decisions. I notice all of it, the way i notice everything now, carefully and without illusions, but i also letMyself notice it without immediately assuming it’s a performance for my benefit.One evening at a family dinner, Selene watches the two of us interact across the table with something like cautious approval on her face, catching my eye afterward in the kitchen while we clear plates together. “He’s different,” Selene admits quietly, almost reluctantly, like she still doesn’t fully trust my own assessment of it. “I know,” i replied simply, drying a pl

Liora POV Three months after the engagement, life has settled into something i never quite let myself imagine during the hardest parts of the past year — a small, private wedding planned for the coming spring, a steady rhythm to my work within the family business, an easy, rebuilt closeness with Selene that no longer feels fragile or provisional. It’s an ordinary Tuesday morning when i notices she’s a few days late, and her first instinct isn’t hope so much as caution, remembering what the doctors had told me after the earlier procedure.I didn’t tell Darius right away, wanting to be certain before i lets either of us hope for something the doctors had once said was unlikely. I go to see Thorne quietly, the same way i once had months earlier under very different circumstances, though this time there’s no fear driving me into his office, only a careful, guarded curiosity. “I know what they told me before,” i says. “I just need to actually know, one way or another.”Thorne runs