One Week Before the Wedding Day…
“You’re the most beautiful thing that ever happened to my life, Cassandra. I love you.”
Those words make my heart flutter. He brushes his fingers through my hair, his touch trailing down my shoulder. Yes, we made love—a forbidden act. We’re meant to be apart, yet here we are, defying the fate set before us. We’ve carved our own path, one they swore we couldn’t have.
“I love you more, D–.”
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I jolted awake, gasping for breath. My chest heaved, my skin damp with sweat. The dream clung to me, wrapping around my thoughts like a whisper I couldn’t shake.
His voice.
His touch.
His love.
I press a trembling hand to my forehead, trying to steady myself. Who was he? The name—D…—I had almost spoken it, but now it slipped away, lost in the haze. I try t
