Eleanor’s POV
"I'm happy," Delilah’s voice was carried through the courtyard, she sound like she truly meant it.
I clenched my fists, and pressed my back against the pillar, where I was hidden. I shouldn’t have been here. I shouldn’t have heard that.
She was happy. Meanwhile, I was drowning in something I had no right to feel.
My love for Nickolas was never meant to be. It was foolish to think otherwise. He didn’t want to leave me, I knew that much—but that didn’t change reality. He had obligations, a role to play, and I had no place in it.
With a quiet steps, I turned and walked away. My heart felt heavy, but I kept moving, heading toward my quarters.
Just as I reached for the door, my phone buzzed in my pocket. I pulled it out, It was my secretary.
I answered. “What is it?”
She s
