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Chapter 57 When I Said I Like You

Author: Mira Light
last update Last Updated: 2025-04-08 01:18:52

She let out a shaky breath as he opened the box and slid the ring onto his finger.Then he took her hand and carefully slipped the matching band onto hers.

  For a second,neither of them moved.

  And then—he leaned forward and kissed her hand,right over the metal she had forged for him.

  That was when the first firework bloomed in the sky behind them—soft gold against deep navy.Then another.And another.

  She blinked,startled,before remembering—she had planned this.She had booked a private team,set up the timing,even arranged for everything to be filmed quietly from a distance.

  But none of it felt staged now.

  Not when he was looking at her like that.

  Not when she could feel her heartbeat matching his.

  Adrian didn’t look away.

  He wasn’t thinking about the lights or the camera crew or the carefully orchestrated night.

  He was thinking about her.

  And if there was ever a moment in his life when he felt like he was exactly where he was supposed to be—it was now

  The ride home
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