Cecilia's pov
I couldn't help but laugh at my mom's final comment.
Was this really what I was destined for—falling for a man from a world I never thought I belonged to?
I leaned into her comforting embrace, the kind I'd known all my life.
"I've got the best parents in the world. " I murmured."That's real wealth."
Her arms tightened around me, fingers brushing through my hair in that familiar rhythm that always calmed me. But I could feel her hesitation, the weight of all the things she wasn't saying.
Then her expression shifted, darkening ever so slightly.
I watched the worry lines deepen around her eyes, and guilt twisted in my chest. Marriage to Sebastian? Impossible. But... breaking things off?
Just the idea left a hollow ache in my chest.
This wasn't supposed to become anythin
