CHAPTER SIXTY-THREE
MELINDA
I couldn't process what had just happened. Kieran had just defended me in front of his entire family, had claimed me as his wife despite everything we'd been through last night.
His arm was still around my waist. He turned to face me, his expression softer than it had been since our fight.
"You okay?" he asked quietly.
"I don't understand. After last night, after everything, why did you just do that?"
"Because you're my wife. Whatever issues we have, we work them out privately. Not in front of my family, not for anyone else's entertainment." He brushed a tear from my cheek. "And because everything I said was true. I am grateful it's you I married instead of her."
Around us, conversations were starting again, family members processing what had just happen
