birdsofmomo
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Elena married Adrian for duty, not love.
He needed a wife to secure his family's legacy. She needed nothing from him-until a fire took her entire family and left her alone inside his vast ancestral estate.
For years, Adrian gave her protection, wealth, and silence. He refused every demand to divorce her, yet never told her why. Elena could only assume she remained because he pitied her.
Then she hears him say it aloud.
A burden. A childless wife. A woman he kept out of mercy.
Broken by the very fear she has carried for years, Elena leaves the main estate and moves into Luna Manor-a forgotten house at the edge of the property, untouched by Adrian's choices.
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Only after losing her does Adrian finally understand that providing everything was never the same as loving her openly.
But some words cannot be taken back.
And some distances may be too wide to cross.