A False Heiress's Guide to Love and Power

Chapter 452

Watching her find her own happiness, while he pursued his own dreams-each on their separate paths, never interfering with one another-he realized this was the best ending either of them could hope

for.

His voice was gentle, carefully hiding all his tangled emotions. In this moment, he was nothing more than a quiet observer to her joy, offering his blessings in the only way he could.

The wedding finally came to an end, and Stella managed to achieve her dream of holding both a marriage certificate and a diploma in her hands-her smile said it all.

After graduation, everyone except Esme Godfrey chose to stay behind for the summer. When it was time for Esme to catch her flight home, she wept openly, hugging each of them in turn and making them promise they’d all get together again the following year.

Once that chapter closed, Alessia set out with the university’s outreach team to a remote village, where she’d spend the next semester as a

volunteer teacher.

Brendan Morton and the others were worried about her, but they respected her decision. They tried to pack her entire world into a single 24-inch suitcase, and before she left, they slipped a thick envelope of cash into her hand, just in case her cards didn’t work out there.

On the day of her flight, everyone wanted to see her off, but Alessia thought a big group would draw too much attention. Instead, after a simple dinner with friends, Cole drove her to the airport.

terminal, Cole looked reluctant to let go, his fingers laced

only three months,” Alessia tried to reassure him, letting out a soft sigh. “I’ll be back before

months is almost half a year,” Cole

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“And you still won’t

Whitley Group right now, and the cell signal out there is spotty at best. If we run into communication problems,

hands and giving him a gentle kiss. But Cole wasn’t satisfied with just that—he pulled

Alessia gasped, then mussed up his

but simply a pair of young lovers,

going now,” Alessia said softly, glancing

wrap up my projects,” Cole promised. “If you need anything out there, just tell me I’ll have it flown to you. If you run into problems, call me. And if you get too tired, just

make her turn back. She was never a delicate flower locked away in a greenhouse-she had her own sky to

fact, who couldn’t bear the thought

hair around his

anyway,” he added as she shouldered