"So, I've gotta come clean about something. Today, Alaric caught me proposing to Emmeline at the diner, got the wrong end of the stick, and was all but ready to throw down right there. I had no choice but to

spill the beans about us not actually being married."

Spencer laid it all out for her to grasp the whole story.

That explains why Alaric was in on the truth.

Turns out, he stumbled upon Spencer popping the question to Emmeline.

And here he was, playing the knight in shining armor, thinking Spencer was double-dipping. Was she supposed to be grateful for his misplaced chivalry?

"Oh, no worries, got it." She replied calmly, her mind racing until it hit her, sitting up suddenly, "Wait, back up. You proposed to Emmeline?"

The news of Spencer and Emmeline's engagement was like a bombshell to her.

"Mhm."

"And she said yes?" She was on pins and needles, but hopeful.

"She did," Spencer confirmed.

there, toasting to your happiness!" She offered her sincere

felt guilty for holding Spencer back for three years due to her own

someone he genuinely liked and who was willing to take the

for them, feeling

hitched was a relief; she

life for love, was a chilling reminder. She feared Spencer might end up in a similar tragic tale, which would have been heart-wrenching. Thankfully, Spencer

PLAY YOUR

about the wedding toast later,"

a few more pleasantries, they ended the

Alaric's unexpected intrusion, now that she knew the full story and heard about Spencer's upcoming nuptials, her mind eased, and she drifted off to sleep shortly

cheeks bulging with foam, she shuffled

view, monopolizing her sight with their

their velvety petals still kissed by the

she instinctively adored it, but her curiosity quickly shifted to the man behind the flowers. Alaric's

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