All Chapters of THE LAST TIME I FORGAVE YOU..: Chapter 1 - Chapter 4

7:14 A.M.The first sign that I was about to destroy my own wedding came at 7:14 that morning.My phone vibrated against the vanity table, rattling softly between a tube of lipstick and the pearl earrings my sister had insisted I wear.I glanced at the screen.Darian.Not a call.A notification.The name disappeared before I could read the message beneath it.“Don't look down,” the makeup artist murmured behind me. “You'll ruin what I just fixed.”“I wasn't planning to.”She continued blending beneath my left eye.I tried to focus on the woman in the mirror.She looked calm.Beautiful, even.Her dark hair had been pinned into the elegant style my sister had chosen. Her makeup was soft enough to look effortless. Her ivory dress hung beside the window, waiting for its final adjustment.She looked exactly like a woman getting married.I wasn't sure I felt like her.My phone vibrated again.This time, the screen stayed lit long enough for me to see the preview.You said you wouldn't make

For the first time in seven years, I didn't know what Darian was going to say.He looked at me.Then on the phone.Then back at me.“Arielle, you need to let me explain.”“I've heard that already.”His jaw tightened.“This isn't what you think.”I almost laughed.“Then tell me what it is.”He didn't answer.That silence told me more than his words had.I picked up the phone again.The message from Vesper was still on the screen.You told me she knew everything. Don't make me come upstairs and tell her myself.I read it twice.Then I looked at Darian.“What did you tell her I knew?”He rubbed his forehead.“I told her you knew about us.”The words landed quietly.I stared at him.“About us?”“We weren't supposed to get to this point.”“What point?”“Our relationship.”I felt something twist inside me.“You just said you don't love her.”“I don't.”“But you called it a relationship.”He looked frustrated.“That's not what I meant.”“Then what did you mean?”He stepped toward me.I held