One year later, Sienna woke up on her wedding day feeling surprisingly calm.
Not numb. Not detached. Not forcing composure the way she had during so many moments of the past year. This was different. This was real calm. The kind that settled deep in her bones and stayed there, steady and unshaken.
No panic. No second thoughts. No desperate urge to run.
Just peace.
Just certainty.
Just the quiet, unwavering knowledge that today she was marrying the right person for the right reasons at the right time.
She lay in bed for a moment, staring at the ceiling of Jade's guest room, listening to the soft hum of the city waking up outside. New York didn't pause for weddings or life-changing moments. Traffic moved. People rushed. Coffee brewed in a thousand apartments. Life continued.
And somehow, that made it better.
Because her life wasn't stopping today. It was beginning.
A soft knock came at the door before it opened without waiting for an answer.
