CHAPTER 264 — Where I Finally Become a Husband

(Ayden’s Point of View)

I don’t know the exact moment it happened.

Maybe it was when the judge, with that monotonous voice that contrasted so sharply with the wild beating of my heart, declared, “You are now legally joined in marriage.”

Or maybe it was when Milagros signed the certificate with that firm, decisive handwriting of hers, as if the stroke of the pen were a shield defending our right to love each other before any court in the world.