Ella's POV:
The days were slipping through my fingers, each one faster than the last. It was now just a week before the wedding, and everything felt like a dream. Arec had been… different lately. A good different. Sweet, attentive, and surprisingly romantic.
I didn't even realize he had this side to him, but every small gesture, his lingering touch, the soft way he spoke my name, the way his eyes stayed on me as though I were the only person in the world, made my heart ache in the best way. He was spoiling me with his affection, and I wasn't complaining.
This wasn't the Arec I thought I knew, he used to be: guarded, distant, and calculated. This was a man who, with every glance and every word, showed me how much he cared. And to my surprise, I found myself soaking in every bit of his attention. I hadn't expected to fall so hard, but here I was.
