Chapter 72: Beyond Redemption      

My heart tightened as I listened to the way Sullivan casually dismissed me.

In their eyes, I was nothing more than a tool—barely even human, just a disposable pawn in their grander schemes.

Sullivan had spent his entire life working to bring the Fay family under his control through this engagement. Now, that plan was crumbling right before his eyes, and he hated it. I could see it in his sneer, the way he barely even looked at me.

In the past, Cole had never protested the engagement to Sophie. He accepted it, no questions asked.

But this time was different—he was different. And that terrified me. The future, which once seemed so certain, was now shrouded in doubt.

From this moment forward, I was stepping into the unknown, completely blind to what the coming days would bring. Every familiar certainty had crumbled beneath my feet, leaving me standing on the edge of a future I couldn't predict.