Before "I Do," I Learned The Truth

Synopsis

The day we locked in our wedding date, I accidentally stumbled across a rant Ava Morgan dropped on her secret account: It read: [Got dragged into another marriage talk. Ugh, fine, guess I'm just gonna go with it.] Those words stung like a dagger to my heart. I didn't catch a single wink of sleep that night, obsessively scrolling through every post on her account like my life depended on it. My gaze finally froze on one from August 15, seven years back: [Here's to your happiness—even if it means I'll never find my own.] That very day, Ava's first love had hopped a plane abroad to chase his big dreams. And that same night, Ava—who'd never touched a drop of booze—rolled up to my place, totally hammered. Her dress strap slid off her shoulder as she looked at me, her voice all slurry and soft. "Dylan, what if we just… gave it a go?"