At my wedding, I introduced my dad to my fiancé — but the instant he saw his face, he went pale and said, “How can it be you? I was sure you disappeared 30 years ago!”

believed Daniel abandoned her,” Julian said. “She blamed him until the day she died.”

“So you found me because of him?”

“At first, yes. I wanted answers. But then I fell in love with you.”

“You expect me to believe that?”

“I know how it sounds. But I never planned for this to happen today.”

I searched his face for something safe.

Instead, I saw grief.

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