The Bride Who Returned His Ring Before Taking His Name

The union had reached the exchange of rings when my husband suddenly said he needed five minutes.

Then he turned, dropped to one knee before his first love in front of every Capo the Moretti Family had ever seated at its table, and said, "Bianca Gallo, I once swore I'd ask you before all of them. So if there's a next life, will you marry me?"

Bianca covered her mouth and nodded, sobbing as she threw herself into my husband's arms. Then she turned to me. "Adriana Ferraro, I know I won't get the chance to marry Dominic in this life, but I hope you'll take good care of him for me."