I crashed my treacherous sister's luxury wedding wearing dirty medical bandages to prove I didn't die in the fire she used to steal my life.
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Chapter 27
As the song drew to a close, Elias spun Caroline outward before pulling her back gently against his chest, their eyes locking in a silent exchange of everything they had survived together and everything yet to come.
"Penny for your thoughts," Elias murmured, his breath warm against her ear.
"I was just thinking," Caroline replied, a serene smile gracing her lips, "that water really was colder than the fire."
"And look where it brought you," Elias said softly.
May you like
"Right where I belong," she answered.
The music faded into a soft, echoing cadence, but the warmth in the room remained unbroken, sealing a chapter of betrayal forever behind them.
