#Chapter 134: The Long-Awaited Wedding

Aurora POV I can hear the murmur from where I wait nervously inside behind Gianna, clutching my bouquet, ready to walk toward the man I love. Stefano has just announced that Francesco has had to attend to his other daughter who has been taken ill and that he, Stefano, will be walking the bride up the aisle at the family’s request. Most guests merely shrug and comment briefly to their neighbors before going with it. The consiglieres are the businessmen anyway. And what is this but a business transaction? What they don’t realize is that this is the final touch to make our wedding perfection. Stefano has been, by far, the more fatherly figure in my life. Having him walk me up the aisle following his daughter and my best friend feels like a gift from heaven. I take his arm and let him lead me out of the Victorian out into the gardens. The music swells in soft, romantic waves filling the air with something warm and glowing. My heart hammers in my chest, but