On my wedding day, I walked in with a black eye. My fiancé stood beside me… and when he looked at my mother, he smiled. Then he said, “She needed to learn.” The room burst into laughter. And that’s when I did something no one expected.

quickly away.

Daniel turned toward her.

For one suspended second, Olivia searched his face for warmth, for concern, for the quiet reassurance she had begged herself to believe still existed. She needed one honest look from him. Just one.

Instead, his eyes moved past her.

He looked directly at Patricia Reynolds.

And then, slowly, Daniel smiled.

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