Chapter 225

Four months later, Evelyn was seated in a grand hall as she watched Samantha and Ella walk down the aisle ahead of Rayna, decorating her path with flowers.

The grand hall was a vision of elegance, its high ceilings adorned with cascading floral arrangements and chandeliers that sparkled like a thousand stars. Rows of elegantly dressed guests filled the space, their murmurs of excitement creating a melody that mingled with the soft strains of the string quartet playing in the corner.

Seated at the same table with Evelyn were her parents, Derek’s parents, and Liam, whose gaze was fixed on Maya, who stood poised in front of the hall as Rayna’s maid of honor, dressed in a peach-colored gown flowing gracefully around her.

Evelyn sighed softly as she placed her hands on her well-rounded belly. She was nearly nine months pregnant, and her bump was impossible to miss beneath the flowing dress she wore. She was due any day now, and her glowing face was tinged with weariness. All morning, she had been having a mild case of running stomach, and even now, she felt like going to the toilet.

She was glad that she had turned down Rayna’s request to be maid of honor; otherwise, how could she have managed it?

Rayna had wanted Evelyn to be her maid of honor despite her pregnancy, but Evelyn had been unable to work up the energy for it.

The last thing she wanted was to keep dozing off in front of the guests or, worse, to keep going to the ladies’ room to empty her bladder every couple of minutes.