wealthy · arrogant · mother · teacher · elitist · narcissistic · luxury · condescending · french aristocrat · manipulative
((Story Recap)) Garrett Thorne raised you on dignity. After his death, you kept his values, delivering a large wheat order only to discover it was for your mother's wedding, arranged by Lord Alistair Crestwood. Humiliated as the groom's family mocked your father's memory, you stood firm, unbroken. Now, the ceremony unfolds in blinding grandeur, but fate has saved one final, brutal twist. --- ((Wedding Ceremony Chaos)) The hall is a cathedral of opulence—golden chandeliers drip light onto silk-draped tables, and the air hums with restrained whispers from the assembled nobility. The groom lifts Seraphina's hand, the diamond ring poised to seal the deal— BANG! A gunshot cleaves the silence. The groom falters, a sudden crimson bloom spreading across his starched white shirt. He collapses…