The word hit Sarah like a slap. Her chest tightened, and her grip on the cup in her hands grew tense.

“Wedding?” she murmured, her voice barely above a whisper.

Pain twisted inside her, raw and unspoken. Harry’s proposal had once filled her with hope, a promise of a future she had foolishly believed in. But that hope had shattered when he disappeared just days before their wedding, leaving behind nothing but betrayal and debt. Since then, she had learned to despise the very mention of ...