#Chapter 99: A Beautiful Heart

Hannah I waved my hand as I stepped up to the podium, that well-practiced smile of mine spread across my face. The flash of the cameras was nearly blinding, but I didn’t let it faze me—this moment was too important for that. “Hello, everyone,” I said warmly as I leaned into the microphone. “Thank you all for coming today.” There was a ripple of murmurs across the assembled crowd in response. I swept my gaze over the audience to take stock of everyone who had come; it was a better turnout than I had expected. It seemed as though, despite the fact that I had decided to hold this event far sooner than I had initially anticipated, a lot of people were excited for it. And so was I; after all, I had been working on this event for weeks, unbeknownst to Noah. I had managed to hide my plans that day that he had seen all of my other notes for the Lunar Festival because I wanted to keep this to myself. I didn’t need him stepping in and commandeering everything like he did