Sophia
For the first time in what felt like forever, my heart felt… light.
Not cautious.
Not guarded.
Not braced for pain.
Just light.
I stood slightly behind Erick as we watched Queen Elise and Caleb together, and I couldn’t help the small smile that curved my lips.
It wasn’t forced. It wasn’t polite.
It was real, born from relief, gratitude, and a quiet sense of rightness settling into place.
Everything was finally aligning.
Caleb wasn’t the best man I had known in my life…in fact, he was far from it.
He had made mistakes. Grave ones.
He had hurt me deeply once, and those scars would never fully disappear. But standing there now, watching him with Queen Elise, I could see something undeniable in his eyes.
Sincerity.
Devotion.
A kind of reverence that couldn’t be faked.
