ANNA'S POV

“Anna.”

Ryan’s voice suddenly came from beside me.

The sound of my name pulled me out of my thoughts almost immediately. I turned my head slightly and looked at him, my eyes meeting his calm expression. For a brief second, the noise around us faded into the background, even though the atmosphere inside the venue was still tense from everything that had just happened.

Before Isabel came in earlier, Ryan had told me he needed to make an important call at the back. At the time, I didn’t question it much. In fact, it made sense. He had also mentioned that he wanted to give my family and...