Betrayed on the wedding day
his heart screamed, but his lips remained sealed.
Leviana squeezed his hand, cold yet full of hope. “I’m ready,” she whispered.
Adrian lowered his gaze, meeting the eyes of the woman he once loved, the woman now standing at death’s edge. Pity, guilt, and emotions he could not name collided within him.
And finally, with a trembling voice, Adrian spoke the sacred vow.
“I take you… as my wife, Leviana.”
The small room fell silent for a moment before a soft sob broke the air. It wasn’t sorrow, but tears of joy from Leviana’s close friend who had come to witness this fleeting union.