Rhys
I heaved a deep groan as I checked my tablet again, hoping for new messages from Miller and Leo, but instead the screen glowed with the same poisonous headlines that had been circling for days.
"Omega Disguised as Alpha? Where Did Kayden Vale Disappear To?"
The comments beneath were vicious. So many people were tearing apart our love like it was cheap gossip, speculating wildly about me, about him, about us.
My chest tightened, but I locked the screen and set the tablet aside.
I was not going to let anyone ruin tonight for me. None of the noise was allowed to touch the moment I was about to have with Kayden.
Tonight was ours. I was officially going to propose to him.
The proposal had been planned in absolute secrecy in a group chat between Leo, Miller, and me, plus two discreet island planners who knew how to keep their mouths shut.
Every detail was locked in. The yacht. The hidden cove. The lanterns. We had made sure to keep it all away from Kayden.
