By Saturday morning, the Blackwood family had turned Mia and Adrian's marriage into a headline.
The news had broken sometime before dawn, spreading through the city like wildfire. By the time Mia woke, her phone was flooded with notifications—texts from Sophie, missed calls from numbers she didn't recognize, and a dozen news alerts that all said the same thing in slightly different words.
BILLIONAIRE HEIR ADRIAN BLACKWOOD MARRIES MYSTERY WOMAN
The photograph beside the headline showed Adrian standing beside Mia at the mansion's entrance. It had been taken during their arrival the day before, when Mia had been too overwhelmed to notice the cameras hidden among the hedges. Adrian looked calm and confident, his hand resting lightly on the small of her back. Mia looked nervous, her eyes sli
