This wasn't the day she wanted the Tower members to arrive.
This was supposed to be her day.
Adrian was coming home—not as her friend, not as her teacher, but as her soon-to-be fiancé.
Yes, she knew it was all just an arrangement, a façade. But to her, it didn't matter.
The thought alone—that the world would see her as Adrian's fiancée—was enough to set her heart racing.
Getting engaged to the man you've secretly loved for so long was something beyond words, a fragile happiness she wanted to hold onto.
Maybe that was why she refused to think about what tomorrow would bring. She wanted to live in this moment, to believe that, perhaps, someday she would carve out a place for herself in his heart.
"My Lord, Sir Adrian has arrived." The butler's voice broke the silence, drawing every eye in the room toward him.
Ruby's eyes sparkled. He was here.
She rose quickly from her chair, her heart leaping ahead of her steps. "I will go receive him."
