Chapter 97

At that moment, rose petals floated gently down from the sky, surrounding them softly, perfectly echoing the floral wall behind them-it looked straight-up like something out of a movie. The guests below all looked up, eyes filled with admiration, and whispers circled around. "This is just the engagement? I can't even imagine what the actual wedding's gonna look like." Martha, hearing all the praise, lifted her chin proudly. She reached out to gently hold Sophia's mother's hand, her tone warm. "We kind of rushed putting this together, but for the wedding, we've got to plan it out properly-both families." Sophia's mother lightly returned the gesture, but didn't say a word, keeping her head down. Martha assumed her silence meant agreement, and the satisfaction in her heart only grew. Since the first time she'd met Sophia's mother, she'd taken a real liking to her. At the start, she'd looked down a bit on the Clark family-not exactly high status-but she hadn't expected the woman to be so r