CAMILLA POV
After I returned from Los Angeles, I felt a sense of quiet resignation settle over me. The decision to sign the marriage contract with Archie had been made in a moment of desperation, a desperate bid to secure stability for Aria and myself. Yet, as I handed the signed document back to Archie, a knot of uncertainty twisted in my stomach.
Was I making the right choice? Did I fully understand the implications of what I had agreed to? The questions buzzed in my mind like a persistent swarm of bees, refusing to be ignored.
But I pushed the doubts aside, burying them beneath a facade of determination. This was the path I had chosen, and I would see it through to the end, come what may.
As Archie accepted the contract with a grateful smile, I forced a smile of my own, ma
