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“Granny Aria, can you fix Tia for me? I was playing with her, but I broke her,” a little girl said between sobs.

“Let’s see… what happened to Tia?” the older woman asked as she inspected the rag doll’s arm.

“She got stuck in a bush, and when I pulled her out, her hand fell off.”

“Hmm… I’ll see what I can do. This will require a very precise operation,” the woman said as she walked toward her pincushion.

Hearing this, the girl covered her face with a look of pure horror.

“Don’t worry, we’ll put something on her so it won’t hurt. You’ll see, she won’t feel a thing,” the woman reassured her, seeing her frightened expression.

Aria Fairchild had arrived in that town ten years ago, after spending a year battling a deep depression following the tragic death of her only son. The boy’s father had helped her for a while, but in the end, she couldn’t bear it any longer. She left everything behind and ran away to a small, picturesque village in Valeria.

The town, perched on a hill and constantly affected by erosion, had a tiny population. Its only connection to the outside world was a pedestrian bridge. If Leonardo Palmer ever searched for her, he would never find her. This place held no significance to anyone.

Aria had come here to let herself wither away–to wait for death to finally claim her. Yet, to her surprise, ten years had passed, and death still refused to take her.

own charm: cobbled streets, ancient buildings, quaint stone

else. She prayed for her son’s soul and begged for her own forgiveness. For forty–eight years, she had carried the burden of guilt. If only she had been stronger,

back. But how could she hold it against him? He had his own family. She had only been a passing moment in his life. The truth was, she had fallen for him the moment she saw him. He was older, yes, but she didn’t care. The time they spent together in his home had been enough for her to

how her mother suffered. That made her

as her father. A man who was wealthy, yes, but

elevate the Fairchild family in Florentian society. Roman Fairchild had only one child. His wife had

that the Fairchilds were poor, but they weren’t at the top either. Leonardo Palmer could have been an ideal husband for Aria, but,

with a French aristocrat. The De Bourbon family was by

bad

had been arranged. But what Roman hadn’t counted on was Leonardo

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in love with the dashing

a secret… until it wasn’t.

just a few months, they were discovered, and everything came crashing down.

had slipped through his fingers. Aria had dishonored the family. And worse–she was pregnant with the

in raising her. She had everything. He had given her everything. But it wasn’t enough. A man who could have been her husband had stolen her

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