✨ The Smile That Followed Her.✨
Flora — Pov
Flora’s emotions were laid bare, every one of them raw and exposed.
Her throat burned from crying, the sound of her sobs still echoing faintly in the quiet room. Years of pain had come rushing back all at once, leaving her trembling and exhausted.
Trump had spent most of her life breaking her down.
He had abused her, beaten her when she spoke too loudly or stepped out of line. He had made her feel small, like her voice and her worth meant nothing. In his world, she had never been a daughter—only something to control.
Something to use.
Even her future hadn’t belonged to her. He had arranged to marry her off like she was a transaction, a way to gain more power, more money, more influence.
She had been nothing more than a bargaining piece in
