Chapter 42

• Selene's POV
• Wedding preparations. When someone was getting married, they made all kinds of provisions. All kinds of expenses. The cost of a wedding is a small price to pay for a lifetime of love and happiness. The venue, the food, the decorations, the music—every detail is carefully considered, every penny carefully spent. But in the end, it’s not about the money; it’s about the promise of forever.
• Those were my thoughts as I helped push items into the event hall. I had been roped into assisting with the preparations, though my heart wasn’t in it. The event hall was a flurry of activity—people setting up tables, hanging lights, arranging flowers. The scent of fresh blooms and the clatter of utensils filled the air, but none of it reached me. My mind was elsewhere, caught up in the swirl of emotions that had been overwhelming me ever since Tiana’s visit.