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.

to Florentia for a few days to

exists?"

the last house my dad lived in-they're all under Laura's name

I didn't know that..."

had never gotten the chance to meet her

really want all of

You can imagine how

I know. Look how far it drove our dad

is about celebration. Let's not get lost in the sad

affair. Only the Palmers, the Evanses, and the Moriartys

his son dance with his new

Lucius's arrival had been all those years ago— but that was

thinking about?" Diana asked, noticing

how fast time goes by. Almost twenty-three years ago, my son was about to be born, and

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

do you want to get married?

this dreamy place kind of makes me want to get married too... but honestly, I'm happy. Even without the wedding. We

we're happy, we're

if

might even

grandmother soon."

to get married. I don't want to deny you two

chance to

if that's the case, how about