Olivia's POV
The mention of a wedding struck me like a blow. I’d had one disastrous almost-ceremony and was planning another that wasn’t real.
I was definitely the girl who’d dreamed of the perfect wedding growing up. I pictured an event full of love and joy and an endless garden of roses. But now it felt like an unrealistic fantasy, painful and out of reach.
I didn’t know how to respond, my voice catching in my throat.
Before I could gather my thoughts, Ethan answered smoothly, “I know it seems too quick how Liv and I came together, and the wedding will be soon. But I will do whatever I can for her happiness and safety.”
His tone was so certain, as if it was a simple fact and not a lie we were both living.
I managed a smile for my mother’s sake, but inside, I tried to harden my he
