Elena found out her boyfriend was getting married the same day she received the invitation. Not from him. Of course not from him. It came through an email she almost deleted—buried between promotions, work updates, and things that didn’t matter. Until she saw the name. Adrian Cole. Her stomach dropped so fast it almost hurt. For a second, she just stared at the screen, waiting for her brain to correct what her eyes were seeing. It didn’t. Slowly, like touching something that might burn her, Elena clicked the message open. You are cordially invited to the wedding of Adrian Cole and Sophia Laurent… Her breath caught. The room suddenly felt too quiet. Too still. Like everything around her had paused just to watch her break. “No…” she whispered under her breath. There had to be another Adrian. Another explanation. Because the man she had spent four years loving wouldn’t do this to her. Would he? Her phone buzzed almost immediately. A message from a coworker. “Hey… I didn’t know Adrian was your boyfriend. Are you going to the wedding?” Elena stared at the words. Then she did something unexpected. She didn’t cry. She didn’t call him. She didn’t even panic. Instead— She scrolled back to the invitation. And this time… She read every single word.