Chapter 2: The Woman Behind the Fire
Chapter 2: The Woman Behind the Fire
The heir slowly stood.
His expression had changed.
No longer confused.
No longer uncertain.
He turned toward his fiancée.
"Did you strike her?"
The woman forced a smile.
"It was just a misunderstanding."
No one answered.
Three servants stepped forward together.
One by one...
They admitted the truth.
The insults.
The humiliation.
The threats.
Months of cruelty.
The broken mirror had never been Sophia's fault.
The fiancée had shattered it herself during an argument and blamed the maid to protect her image.
Silence filled the room.
The heir removed the engagement ring from his finger.
"What are you doing?" she whispered.
He placed it gently on the table.
"I almost married someone who attacks innocent people."
Her face turned white.
"You can't end everything because of one slap!"
He looked directly into her eyes.
"No."
His voice remained calm.
"I'm ending it because today revealed who you truly are."
Security quietly entered the mansion.
The fiancée screamed.
She pleaded.
She threatened lawsuits.
No one moved.
As the doors closed behind her, the grandmother reached for Sophia's trembling hands.
"My child..."
"I searched for Elena every single year."
Sophia smiled through tears.
"I know."
The old woman blinked.
"You... know?"
"My mother showed me every newspaper."
Every birthday.
Every memorial.
Every candle lit in Elena's honor.
"She said this family never stopped loving her."
The grandmother embraced her tightly.
For the first time in more than two decades...
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The Crosswood family wasn't mourning the past.
They were welcoming it home.
