I Thought It Would Be the Happiest Day of My Life Until I Cut into My Wedding Cake and Everything Fell Apart – Story of the Day

I met her eyes. “Try me.”

The crowd gasped again. Someone actually clapped.

Ethan’s mouth opened, but no words came out — just that stunned silence of a man who finally realized he’d outsmarted himself.

Mama’s voice cut through the quiet.

“Lord, if karma had frosting, this would be it.”

I lifted my champagne glass. “To honesty.”

Then I turned and walked toward the open doors, the music rising behind me — light, sweet, and just a little triumphant. Outside, the Louisiana heat wrapped around me like freedom itself.

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