Vows he doesn't remember
Inside was a ring—roughly carved from silver, the band still bearing faint etchings of a flower.
Lavender.
My fingers closed around it slowly.
And then it hit me.
The memory slammed into me without mercy.
I was on one knee, rain soaking through my shirt, Iris laughing through her tears.
"Callum, they'll hate me," she'd whispered.
"Then we'll give them a reason to," I said. I slipped the ring onto her finger, heart racing. "We get married in secret. No contracts. No cameras. Just us." I said pleading with her with my eyes.