Chapter 126

• Ethan
• Standing just outside the dining room, I hesitated before stepping inside. The scene before me was both domestic and disarming. Emily and Lady Tatiana were setting the table together, their movements synchronized as they worked in easy harmony. The soft light from the chandelier bathed them both in a warm, golden glow, and there was an undeniable chemistry between them—something genuine, unforced. I stood there for a moment, watching them laugh together.
• Emily’s eyes sparkled as she spoke, and I couldn’t help but admire the way she carried herself—graceful, confident, yet somehow effortlessly real. Lady Tatiana, ever the gracious hostess, seemed completely at ease with her, and I could sense a sort of bond forming between the two of them. I leaned against the doorframe, letting the sight of them linger in my mind, feeling a strange mixture of admiration and envy.