Julian froze on the spot, his pupils trembling slightly.
The bright red marriage certificate photo on the security guard's phone cut straight through his smug composure like a shard of ice.
In the photo, my features were soft and relaxed, a faint smile tugging at the corners of my mouth. Gone was the skittish timidity and crippling self-doubt I'd carried for years. I looked bright, warm, and completely at ease.
He'd never seen me like that before.
"Impossible. We've only been married for less than a month..."
His throat went dry. He mumbled the words under his breath as he frantically swiped through the photos on the phone, his fingers shaking so badly that he could barely hold the phone.
Until that moment, Julian had been convinced that once I cooled off, I'd come crawling back to h
