a's

wn, one more

arranged wedding, and

c eye, a lot has been going on concerning the preparati

the circumstances surrounding this wedding, I thought I was just expected to show up to t

g. She's a sweet person and, for some reason, she treats me like her own

ans with me, and it does make me smile, even though I'm not

ince the day at his office, whatever information he wants to get acr

nd I don't even have his personal phone number. How in th

ers for the center placement on the tables?" Li

g on the couch in the living room with

ou think?" she continued, lifting her head up

," I say, offering

een doing a lot of rece

ect it because she smiles back in response and

down on the gold-plated coffee table in the center of the room. "Who are you thinkin

e thought of my dress. I don't know

much thought into it yet," I responded, looking

dding dress. If anything, it should've been the first thing you put in plac

ff by the sound of someone shutting t

as L

" she shouts ba

um and I. I can tell he's quite taken aback by my presence, but he quickly

him, and she approaches him

ays back to her

ce with a head nod as he unwraps

," I said ba

r than he did the last time I saw him. His beard had grown out a bit, so it covered the outline of

ckly looked away to avoid him catching me dro

d shifts it back to his mothe

finger up. "He'

up the stairs without g

sks me as she joins me back on the c

her in their entire lives? I wanted to laugh in her face at that, but

us. At least I don't think t

she says, n

over more wedding plans before she had to lea

ad to be the most beautifully designed house I had ever been to in my life. All the tables were lined with gol

ng their growth as a family and it was the cutest thing. Judging by the number of pho

r, I got a text from Sa

alking with my face presse

this hard wall, or at least

ll, though. It

down at me, his face filled with displeasure and irri

sorry," I sai