Loved You Once But He's My Forever

Chapter 543 The Grand Epilogue—Fulfilling a Thousand-Year Promise

We had chosen to keep the wedding simple, but that didn't mean we cut corners when it came to the preparations.

We decided on an outdoor, vintage-style wedding. Damian cleaned the cabin from top to bottom and filled the courtyard with ambient lights. The entire area, within a few miles, was decorated with the cabin as the centerpiece-even the arched bridge was draped with twinkling lights, and a red carpet stretched across the ground.

Unlike my previous two weddings, the first one with Luke had been weighed down by gloom and uncertainty. I had even planned to expose his affair with Wisteria right there at the ceremony. By then, it wasn't even a real wedding anymore-it felt more like a final reckoning for our long, tangled relationship. And in the end, my death became the closing chapter of our story.

Now, as I stood on the brink of marrying Carl, I was genuinely looking forward to it, yet a lingering unease clung to my heart.

Maybe it was because I still didn't know when the so-called death curse would strike. A quiet anxiety gnawed at me.

It felt as if my first wedding had been doomed from the very beginning.

Maybe it was fate at play-pushing me to fulfill a wish I had made a thousand years ago.

When I closed my eyes, I could almost see a young girl kneeling beneath a cherry blossom tree, desperately pleading for her beloved to return safely. He had promised that once he came back, he would marry her.

But she waited for years, and he never returned in victory-only the news of his death reached her.

Carl wrapped his arms around me from behind. "What are you thinking about?" Only then did I realize Everly had been tugging at my hair and chewing on it for quite some time, but I had been too lost in thought to notice.

"I was thinking about my beloved general."

Carl froze for a moment. "You remember everything?"

I smiled softly. "Of course. I remembered a long time ago. General, I've come to fulfill our thousand-year promise."

Carl's eyes reddened slightly at my words. He pulled me and the baby into a tight embrace. "You fool."

Everett, who had been lying on the bed, saw us hugging and eagerly crawled toward us.

Then, he tumbled off the bed with an audible thud.

But he was a brave little boy. Even though he had fallen, he didn't cry. Like a little turtle, he scrambled toward me, inch by inch, stretching out his chubby hands as if nothing had happened.

chuckled. "Alright, alright, our family has to stay together-no

too heavy for me to carry

Everett into my arms and gently tapped the

of outdoor-friendly outfits for the children, knowing we were having an outdoor

the decorations. "A

see Zoey completely immersed in her game, yelling into her mic, "I told you there

Harlan was speechless.

tirelessly, moving with practiced efficiency as they secured the string lights in place. By nightfall, the entire

way for the wedding. Kate supported Josh as he walked—after getting his prosthetic leg, his gait was

a master of woodworking, busied himself with setup

finish all the preparations just in time before the cherry

any unexpected mishaps this time, Carl and I decided not to see each other

Zoey, watching the children drifting off to

bed with her hands tucked behind her head, listening to

gonna lie, I'm pretty excited. I've never been to a vintage-style

guys come up with the

"Just fulfilling a

go again, being all

late-we

off the light. In the darkness, her

me that countless times, but hardships had followed me one after another. This time,

her

lost in

next day, our wedding took place at dusk. There was none

last time, and everything proceeded in an

wedding dress, and the striking red made me look

her head, studying me. "You look beautiful. It's

is my body, yet

unfamiliar-like I've

gazed at my reflection in the mirror. She

mole between my brows, my features seemed to have subtly changed.

was young,

MS