Deliberately.
The entire room watched.
Even at seventy-eight, Harold Bennett possessed the kind of presence money cannot buy.
He walked toward the dance floor.
Toward Sebastian.
Toward Vivian.
And stopped directly in front of them.
“I warned you,” he said.
Sebastian swallowed.
“Sir—”
“No.”
The old man’s voice carried across the room effortlessly.
“I welcomed you into my family. I offered trust. Opportunity. Respect.”
The disappointment in his expression felt heavier than anger.
“And you confused kindness with weakness.”
Nobody defended Sebastian.
Not a single person.
Because everyone finally saw him clearly.
The groom wasn’t a victim.
The bride wasn’t confused.
The story wasn’t complicated.
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