"You don't have to do this, Aurora. Look at that. Do you want to live your life with a man who doesn't..."
"Charles," Gerald said, interrupting dad. "I am totally neutral, but Fabian is well within his rights to be angry. I think Aurora is making a completely sane decision by sticking with her husband."
Dad parted his lips, and I saw his fingers slowly clench. I knew he regretted it all in that moment. The money, the contract. I knew he wished he hadn't given me out at all.
But in all my life, the little time I had spent discovering Fabian, I had felt alive. It was one of those times when I could recall feeling truly alive. Maybe because I didn't expect it. But every single gesture, from paying for my mum separately, my dream wedding, every single thing they had made me feel alive.
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