Liana’s POV“So, it is just the two of us then?” I ask, mostly because the silence between us is beginning to suffocate me. The hallway outside the ceremony room is too narrow and everything echoes, the faint shuffle of shoes, the distant murmur of voices from somewhere deeper in the building, the ticking of a clock I cannot see. It feels like the entire world has shrunk to this single corridor, this single moment.Damian stands beside me, adjusting the tie around his neck as if it is choking him. His fingers tug at the knot, loosening it slightly before smoothing it back down. “I will tell Dante after,” he says.His voice is steady, but there is something tight beneath it he does not look thrilled about informing Dante any more than I feel about standing here waiting to legally bind myself to a man I barely know. My heart is racing so violently that I can hear it pounding in my ears. It sounds like a train cha
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