Author name: Hauda.A

EMILIA Asher is acting strange. He’s been weird all week, but today it’s reached new levels. He’s fidgety, checking his […]

ASHER I’m planning the proposal with military precision. Ezra sits across from me at a coffee shop, reviewing my notes

EMILIA The morning routine has become sacred to me. Not because it’s special or exciting—it’s actually mundane and chaotic. But

EMILIA “You two need a break,” Cora announces, standing in my kitchen like she’s staging an intervention. “We’re fine,” I

ASHER The park is our place now. Every Saturday morning, rain or shine, we pack up Miles and head to

EMILIA It’s been three months since the cathedral. Three months of living together, co-parenting, falling more in love every day.

EMILIA I’m sitting on the floor of the living room, surrounded by photo albums, when Asher finds me. “What’s all

EMILIA We get back to the lake house just before sunset. Cora meets us at the door, Miles on her

ASHER Three weeks later, I host a family dinner. The whole Blackwood clan at the lake house—my parents, Ezra, and

DUAL POV EMILIA Asher asks me to meet him at our first date spot. It takes me a minute to