Chapter TWENTY

DESTINY

“This ring is ridiculous,” I said, staring at the enormous blue sapphire on my left hand.

“I thought you liked it?” Marat asked, brows furrowed as he leaned over the table to take my hand.

“I did. I do like it,” I assured him.

The princess cut cornflower sapphire in its platinum setting was huge. Just over four carats and surrounded by diamonds on either side. Marat picked it out, and afterwards, he told me it was because it reminded him of my eyes.

Tremble. The man makes me tremble.

“Blue suits you,” he repeated, looking from my hand to my dress, then back at me.

“Hmm, lucky it fits,” I replied.

“Not luck. Destiny. Just like your name. Just like finding you was my destiny.”

I felt my face flame and bit my lower lip. We’d skated over the whole part where I changed my name to Destiny during our conversations the night before. But I hadn’t told him all of it. Not yet.