Chapter 31
Lyra
I had an idea but... I never thought my life would change so drastically just because of one ring on my finger.
And Roman had warned me.
He said the media would circle like vultures. That the engagement, though rooted in strategy, would explode into something far bigger than either of us anticipated. I believed him. But I wasn’t prepared for the sheer scale of it.
My phone had been ringing nonstop since that morning. Calls from publications I never imagined would know my name. Interview requests. Feature pieces. A few even asked for exclusive rights to our wedding announcement—one I hadn’t even begun to picture yet.
Then there were the messages.
People I hadn’t spoken to since college were suddenly reappearing in my life, like friendly ghosts of a past I no longer re
