Charlotte’s POV
Kieran turned into a ghost after that day.
There were only five days left before our wedding, and I hadn’t seen him at all. He was gone before I came downstairs in the mornings and only came back after I had already put Nora to bed and gone to my room.
I heard him sometimes, the low sound of his voice carrying through the walls of his study, or his footsteps on the staircase long after the house had gone quiet. But I didn’t see him. Not once, for four straight days.
That was probably for the best. I wasn’t sure if I could look him in the eye after what happened.
No matter how much I tried to ignore it, my mind kept going straight back to that day. When I lay awake at night, unable to sleep, all I could see when I closed my eyes was the calm look on his
