EPILOGUE 2

You never needed me, you only needed to believe in yourself.”

I could feel my eyes blurring as I looked at my imaginative Aria. “You need to let me go. I have always loved you, my banana, but now you love yourself enough for the both of us.”

“Goodbye, Aria. I love you,” I whispered softly.

Valerio looked at me with a small smile just as the doors opened. My eyes were quick to look at Valentino, who seemed just as nervous as me. Valerio and I walked in slow strides toward the altar with my smile never leaving my face. As we were walking, my eyes were brimming with tears of joy.

We continued down the aisle until we finally made it to the altar, where Valerio kissed my cheek.

“Who gives this woman to this man in marriage?” the priest asked.

Valerio glanced at me before taking my right hand and placing it into Valentino’s.

“I do,” he answered.

I smiled at him once more, feeling so thankful to have met him. He then took my left hand and placed it in Valentino’s as well after I had passed m