Tense moment

Charlotte

However, I knew that things were not so simple, especially for me. I already considered myself very fortunate to have found a family that welcomed me with such warmth. I couldn't now desire something as grand as a child and a husband.

That was the truth, and I needed to come to terms with it. The day brought with it reality, erasing the daydreams that insisted on infiltrating our minds.

When I arrived at the main house, mentally prepared to meet Brian, I discovered that he wasn't in the mansion because he had slept in his own house, which was less than a kilometer away.

"You seem sad," Melanie asked, sitting next to me at the table filled with various food options.

They had prepared a table with a varied menu, where everyone could help themselves freely, and according to what Nicole told me, they all ate together after waiting for me for over an hour.

I apologized to everyone, explaining that I had lost track of time when, in reality, I was lost in forbidden thoughts about a