Twinned lies
The stone was flawless, encircled by smaller diamonds, set in platinum.
Gasps caught in Emilia’s throat, tears instantly filling her eyes.
“Emilia Moretti,” he said, voice deep, steady, but uncharacteristically vulnerable, “you’ve endured pain no one should. You’ve carried scars, secrets, and our children with more strength than I could ever hope to have. You are the only woman who’s ever seen me—not the soldier, not the heir, not the monster the world thinks I am—but me. And if you’ll let me, I want to be your husband. The father to our children. The man who builds a future with you free of every ghost that haunts our name.”
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