Chapter 16
First Ride Together
The echoes of the Halton library still reverberated in my mind as Dafa and I walked away from the wreckage of his family. The weight of their judgment, the sting of their neglect, perhaps it was a suffocating reminder of the past he had tried so hard to escape. But a new truth had emerged, it had shaken me to my core: Dafa was a soldier.
Me... married to a soldier?
The thought echoed in my mind, reshaping everything I thought I knew about him, about us. All this time, Dafa was more than a shadow in the Halton mansion, more than the overlooked son. But the reality, he was a man forged from duty, discipline, and sacrifice living a life of silent service while everyone dismissed him as irrelevant.
It was as though someone had lifted the veil not only from his life, but from mine.
A strange powerful flutter ran through my chest, a mixture of awe and nervousness.
