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d as she adjusted the

uch, as if it belonged to someone else, someone

eyes fixed on the large wooden doors at the far end of Christ Covenant Cathedral. Any moment from now, Tony would walk through them breathles

arably long, doubt slithered into

warning, a silent command to keep her composure. Layo inhaled deeply, lif

r creaked open. The ma

lief flooding through her, only to

he weren't arriving disgracefully late to his own wedding. His

e was no urgency in his ste

ept over Layo, raising th

ith murmurs, fell into

rom her, his dark eyes scanning her

er throat. "You're late", she said,

dn't shift. Then, with a measured breath, he spoke

aid, with all the nerves

a second, the word

lective gasps from the guests. She forced herself to breat

at?

re was something unnervingly distant

this wedding

e hall grew un

up her throat. This had to be a mistake, a momen

s barely a w

thing flickered across his face, but

an't," he

ainfully into her palms. Heat pricked at her eyes, but

rough the silence, firm and fill

ng?? We are in the middle of

can't disgrace

ye! Laye

tion, waiting, watching, hungry for the spectacle unfolding before them. But, To

ed, a sharp unbearable pain

not crumble under the weight of humi

wait until now? Why Tony Ajayi?? To humi

idn't

hem stretched, suffoc

hatever has changed, he sure has made up his mind before this moment. He had plann

way from him. Away from the stares , whispers and unspoken pit

t dropping out, determined not to cry, no