The Moretti estate gardens were built to impress. Wide stone paths wound through manicured hedges, and roses climbed along trellises in neat rows, their petals blooming like spilled rubies in the lantern light. But to Emily, the beauty was suffocating. Everything here was too controlled, too perfect as though even nature had been bent into submission by Jason’s will She sat alone on a carved marble bench, her hands resting in her lap, twisting her ring around her finger. The diamond glittered, cold and heavy, a reminder of vows she never truly gave. Plu stood a few feet away, arms crossed, broad shoulders casting a shadow over the roses. Rain leaned against one of the stone pillars at the far end of the path, his posture loose but his eyes sharp, scanning the darkness like he expected death itself to crawl out of the night. Emily was used to their presence now. At first, their watchfulness had felt like chains, but in the days since the wedding, she had begun to sense the truth,
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