The phone slipped from my fingers.
It hit the balcony floor with a dull thud.
“Sienna?”
Lucien caught my arm before my knees gave out.
I looked at him, but the words refused to come.
“My…”
My throat tightened.
“My father.”
His expression changed instantly.
“What happened?”
“They said…”
I struggled to breathe.
“They said he collapsed.”
Lucien didn’t ask another question.
He simply took my hand.
“We’re leaving.”
Within minutes, the car was racing through the city.
I stared out the window, my mind replaying every conversation I’d ever had with my father.
The last thing he’d said to me before the wedding.
“Be happy, sweetheart. Don’t keep sacrificing yourself for everyone else.”
What if…
What if that was the last time I’d ever hear his voice?
A warm hand covered mine.
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