en perfect, the guests filled with joy, and her new husband, Liam Forbes, looked every bit the prince charming she had dreamed

diamond," her mother said, her eye

omised, his voice low but full of sincerity. There was something in his gaze-s

wasn't just a union of love-it was a strategic merger between two of the most powerful families in the country. The Forbes name and

agining the weight of what it truly meant. But tod

Liam. The car was ready, the destination unknown, but she didn't care. She wasn't going

heir wedding night. Her heart fluttered at the thought, her excitemen

erself sink into the luxury of the moment. Liam sat beside her, his hand resting comfortably o

relax, a sharp ring of her phon

warmth, expecting to hear the voice of a c

Elsa, it's your parents' driver. There's been an accid

world s

to comprehend the words. "What?" she whispered,

a's body went stiff, the blood draining from her face. The phone slipped from her

ntently, his expression unreadable. The warmth in the car seemed to evaporate,

g had jus

had decided that her happiness, her fairy tale, was nothing more than a fleeting illusion. Her family-her parents, the people who

ething she couldn't quite place. It wasn't comfort. It

fusion and pain. "I... I don't understand.

d away, instinctively recoiling from his touch. This wasn't the time

Her body ached from the weight of the news, but her mind refused to let her cry, to let herself break down i

. He understood that her heart had just shatter

the beginning. That the man she had married, the one who had promised to lo

she was stepping into was not the fairy tale she

She had to find out the truth. She h

essing down on her, her eyes staring out of the window, as