The moment I stepped out of the car, the world began to tilt, and I felt like someone had just stabbed me in the back. I clutched Raphael's hand to stay upright, but the pain in my stomach wouldn't go away. He looked down at me with concern in his eyes and wrapped his arm around my waist, “I’m fine,” I told him, brushing it off quickly before he could question me about it further. His jaw clenched as he furrowed his eyebrows at me and I pulled away from his embrace, slowly entering the Royce Tower. I was going to see my father. There had to be some way out of this dreadful marriage. I don't care if his lawyers have to work overtime to get me out of it. We entered my father's suite together to find it completely empty. I paused for a moment in the foyer, waiting to see if a