Chapter 283 First Marriage

The park offered a sanctuary, a silent witness to Alessia’s pain.

A distant rumble of thunder echoed, a subtle reflection of the storm within her.

Alessia felt the weight of the betrayal, the shattered dreams, and the uncertainty of the future.

The man she thought she knew had been a stranger all along.

As she wiped away tears, Alessia’s phone buzzed with a message.

She hesitated before checking it, expecting the worst.

It was a message from Logan. ‘Alessia, where are you? Answer your phone.’

That was when she noticed the dozen missed calls from him.

Alessia switched off her phone and stuffed it back into her purse.

With a heavy heart, she stood and made her way through the park, leaving the sanctuary of solitude behind.

***

Logan, bewildered and desperate for clarity, rushed back to the city hall.

The once familiar corridors felt alien as he approached the clerk who had dropped the bombshell, demanding answers to a puzzle that seemed impossible to solve.

‘What the hell is going on?’