Lyla

Melanie’s engagement party rolled around on Saturday.

I’d been busy for the remainder of the week, helping my best friend get all of the final details booked and ready to go once the first morning of the weekend began. It had surprisingly been less stressful than I imagined, and a part of me thought it must’ve been in part by Zayed’s doing.

Since I hadn’t spent much time with him in Dubai, I hadn’t gotten a ...