Three days after the wedding, Helen and Zac packed up some gifts and left early from the White family estate, heading to Mistletoe Villa for their official post-wedding visit.
Thinking they had arrived plenty early, Helen was shocked to find out that Justin had beaten them there.
In fact, he had barely left at all.
Ever since the wedding, Justin had been practically glued to this house, afraid that if he so much as blinked, Haley would board the next flight back to Merika State without saying a word.
Helen nudged Haley, lowering her voice. “Sis, what is going on with Justin? He hasn’t been here this whole time, has he?”
Helen stole a glance at him. He was chatting away with Zac like he belonged here.
Then she muttered, “He’s acting like a full-on son-in-law already.”
Haley didn’t even bother looking up from her flower arrangement. “Stop talking nonsense. How’s life at the White estate?”
At the mention of it, Helen’s face turned red.
Being married just felt… d
