My Love Until the Last Goodbye by Alut

Angela was fully in big-sister mode, running the show and making sure every single detail was perfect.

Serenity and Alden approached the newlyweds to congratulate them-they'd barely made it on time, sliding in at the last minute thanks to Moriarty's fast-track wedding orders.

"Back in Valentia again! Only this time... with a baby on the way," Serenity said with a teasing smile.

"You! Don't even start! You're just as bad—or worse than us," Lucius shot back, grinning.

"It runs in the family! Let's put it that way," Serenity said with a laugh.

"When are you heading back to New Zealand?" Alden asked curiously.

"There won't be any more New Zealand trips," Amanda said. "We talked to Moriarty—well, mostly Lucius did—and we're staying in Valentia."

"Seriously? That must've made Maximus's heart explode with joy!" Serenity said, surprised.

"I guess so, though the pregnancy probably hit him like a cold bucket of water at first," Amanda added with a smile.

"I can't even picture it. Just imagining Dad's face..." Serenity said, making a face. "Well, let's just say he handled it pretty well," Lucius said, shrugging.

"In fact, my lovely husband here was way more scared of Moriarty than Maximus," Amanda said, amused.

"I mean... I've seen the guy, and heard him speak—he does command respect. And a little fear," Serenity admitted with wide eyes.

"Moriarty's not the kind of man you joke around with," Alden added, remembering his own tense moments.

"So, where are you going for your honeymoon?" Serenity asked, circling back to the big day.

feel like we're already living it. We're just going to Florentia for a few days to

That still exists?" Serenity asked,

Maximus told me it does. Actually, Catherine's house, the old mansion we used to live in, and the last house my dad lived in-they're all under Laura's name now,"

I didn't know that..." Serenity said,

the chance to meet her or dig into her

Laura told me she doesn't really want all of it, so she's figuring

You can imagine how that

I know. Look how far it drove our dad and everyone else over those

is about celebration. Let's

and Amanda's wedding had been a small, intimate affair. Only the Palmers, the Evanses, and the Moriartys had been

was stunned watching his son dance with his new wife, knowing he'd soon

Lucius's arrival had been all those years ago—

thinking about?" Diana asked, noticing her fiancé deep in

twenty-three years ago, my son was about to be

for anyone, Maximus. Sometimes we get so caught up in life that

said, giving her a look. "When do you want to get married? Look at Lucius-he

dreamy place kind of makes me want to get married

we're happy, we're

if

might even

grandmother soon."

us to get married. I don't want to deny you two things: the

the chance to

that's the case, how about