Beyond the awkwardness was an indefinable sense of regret.
She had been fantasizing about her wedding since she was little, never imagining the actual day would be so chaotic she wouldn't even want to think about it.
Ethan Shaw froze. He, too, recalled the disastrous scene of their wedding. At the time, he hadn't felt much of anything.
But looking down at Naomi Kenway's disappointed expression, his heart felt an inexplicable pang.
'Every girl looks forward to her wedding. The Kensingtons turned ours into such a mess... Of course she has regrets...'
The more he got to know her, the more he realized Naomi Kenway wasn't as indestructible as she appeared. Before that incident when she was eighteen, she had always been a proud and willful girl. All the pressure from her surroundings had forced her to grow up.
She had grown more resilient, but she was still the same charming, adorable girl who loved princess dresses and dreamed of beautiful things.
