Lisa’s POV
I thought the worst part was over.
I was wrong.
The house didn’t feel like mine anymore.
It hadn’t since last night.
Since I stood in my father’s study, broken and shaking, and said the words that sealed my future.
“I’m going to marry him”
Now everything felt… different.
Not quieter.
Not calmer.
Just being…. watched.
I didn’t sleep.
Not even for a minute.
Every time I closed my eyes, I saw them.
Ken.
Daniela.
Too close, too comfortable.
Too real.
And then…
Another face.
One I hadn’t even seen before.
Ethan George.
The man I had just agreed to marry.
A man I didn’t know.
A man who didn’t know me, I believe
A man who didn’t even need to meet me to decide my life.
“Miss Lisa?”
The knock came softly, but it still made me flinch.
I turned slowly.
“Yes?”
