Chapter 36 Disaster Family Dinner: Enjoy Your Ring

• Elena
• Ariana leaned closer to Landon with a soft, practiced smile. “We don’t want to overshadow Christian and Elena’s wedding,” she said gently, though her eyes flicked toward me with unmistakable challenge. “So we thought tonight would be the perfect moment to share the news, but we will get married soon.”
• Landon nodded in response and slid one hand into his pocket, lifting his chin slightly—his voice calm and composed as he spoke. “Ariana and I are in love,” he said, as if that single statement should explain everything. His tone held no hesitation or embarrassment, but certainty, as if he were telling the truth.