chapter 14

Lyra POV

The villa was quiet as I rushed down the hallway, my heart racing. Is Angela stepping aside? I still couldn’t wrap my head around it.

“She gave up?” I muttered to myself, trying to process it. “This feels too easy… almost like a gift I don’t deserve.”

I shook my head, pushing the doubt aside. “But if she’s stepping back, I have to make the most of it. This is my chance.”

I reached Kurtis’s study and knocked sharply on the door, barely waiting for his response before pushing it open. Kurtis looked up from his desk, his expression shifting from surprise to something deeper.

“Lyra? What’s going on?” he asked, rising from his chair with a mix of concern and anticipation.

“I have to tell you something incredible,” I said, my voice trembling with excitement. I crossed the room and took his hands in mine, gazing up into his eyes. “Angela, she’s given us the go-ahead. She said she’s stepping aside and that she wants us to be happy, even if it’s together.”

Kurtis’s eyes narrowed, a mi