#219 “You will be Married to Alexander.”

Becky looked troubled by Sophia’s question. She opened the fridge and started rummaging in there, not looking for anything in particular, just giving herself time to think about how to answer.

The kitchen was dimly lit, the soft glow of the refrigerator casting shadows across the room. The faint hum of the appliance filled the air, a steady background noise punctuating the tense silence between the two women.

“Come on, tell me,” Sophia invited her, her voice echoing slightly in the quiet kitchen. “I have a right to know why you don’t like me.”

Becky’s fingers paused in their aimless search as she considered Sophia’s request. Her brow furrowed with uncertainty, betraying the turmoil of emotions swirling within her.

“Not that I don’t like you,” Becky sighed, her voice carrying a hint of resignation. “Just… what are you doing with Benjamin?”

Sophia’s laughter rang out, a bright contrast to the somber atmosphere. The sound seemed to bounce off the walls, momentarily breaking the tension in the room.

“Sorry, I think you got things wrong,” Sophia said, her laughter subsiding into a warm smile. “Me and Benjamin are brother and sister.”

Becky’s eyes widened in disbelief, her surprise evident in the way her gaze darted back and forth between Sophia’s face and the contents of the refrigerator.

Becky exclaimed, her voice tinged with incredulity. “Why, it doesn’t say anywhere that he

complicated,” Sophia said, her

and I’ll

sofa. The cushions sank beneath her weight as she settled in, her expression

as she detailed their journey of discovery. She painted

her features contorting with each new revelation. The kitchen seemed to shrink around them,

finished her story, her voice tinged with wry humor. “I also have a friend

mildly. Now I understand why you are looking for information about your past,” Becky replied thoughtfully,

more quietly, a mischievous glint in her eye as she winked at

think

except when you’re scowling at me,”

tousled hair and bleary eyes betraying his confusion at finding Sophia and

doing in the middle of the night?” he asked, his voice heavy with

replied, a hint of playfulness in her tone. “But I have to go to bed,

to seize the opportunity and talk to

toward her grandfather’s diary. With a sigh, she retrieved the worn leather-bound book from her bedside table, its pages holding the secrets of

voice barely a whisper in the quiet room. “And if all goes according to plan, you will be married to Alexander. Let this story

heart constricted at the words, a bittersweet mixture of longing and nostalgia flooding her senses. She traced the faded ink of her grandfather’s

if you only knew,” she murmured, a wistful smile playing at

yet her determination to uncover the

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