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.

going to Florentia for a few days to

That still exists?" Serenity

live in, and the last house my dad lived in-they're all under

know

gotten the chance to meet her or dig into her

final wish. But Laura told me she doesn't really want all of it, so she's figuring out what

stuff... You can imagine how that

far it drove our

hey, today is about celebration. Let's not

Amanda's wedding had been a small, intimate affair. Only

expected it-Maximus especially was stunned watching his son dance with his new wife, knowing he'd soon

reminded him just how difficult Lucius's arrival had been all those years ago— but that was something only he knew, and didn't plan

Diana asked, noticing

twenty-three years ago, my son was about to be born, and now look-his wedding

in life that when

Maximus said, giving her a look. "When do you want to get married? Look at Lucius-he beat us to it, and we're

to get married too... but honestly, I'm

happy, we're

if we're

I might even be

grandmother soon."

want us to get married. I don't

deserve, and the chance to be

if that's the case, how about we get