Chapter 406

"Don't be afraid. Wait for me."

The sharp, elegant handwriting was unmistakably familiar.

Without stopping to think, Mila read the note, then quickly stuffed it into her mouth, swallowing it down with a gulp of coffee.

Even after the wedding dress fitting, when she collapsed onto the bed exhausted, her mind was still spinning.

She recognized that handwriting.

But never in a million years did she expect Lysander would actually come. That he would really risk everything to save her. If she hadn't been so intimately familiar with his penmanship, she wouldn't have dared believe it.

This man never stood in front of her.

She'd always told herself not to hope for anything from him. Too many things had happened to prove it—she was never his first choice. In his world, everything and everyone else came before her. She was always the one he could easily let go.

Mostly, he'd given her pain-and hard lessons.

But this time,

come to rescue

She couldn't

for years. A clash was inevitable, probably because of his mother. It couldn't possibly be for

could do was

Escape.

Mila's eyes shone with fierce, unwavering

...

hurry, yet somehow it felt

into place

the day of

bed before dawn to get ready. Hours later, she stared at her reflection in the mirror. Her makeup was flawless, and the heavy, gold- embroidered white dress-studded with crystal beads-clung

She had never imagined

wedding dress-especially under

was nothing if not

thick, golden veil was lowered over her head, swallowing her world in shimmering darkness. She could no longer see

It's alright.

seeing the way doesn't mean there

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