For Jason, Emily’s choice was a validation he desperately needed. He had watched her walk away from her own established future to build something new with him. In Emily’s eyes, he saw not pity or judgment, but genuine affection—a stark contrast to the shadows of his past.
But despite all his love for Emily, as Jason stood in the venue on his wedding day, his thoughts were completely occupied by Valeria. Jason’s guilt from the past was now mingled with a strange sense of validation as he prepared to flaunt his new life in front of her.