From another angle, with her friend's breakup with Jeffrey so fresh, Rachel was in the middle of her own emotional storm.
Would forcing her to be a bridesmaid just rub salt in the wound? Would it make everything harder?
"Getting married in three months?" Rachel was completely taken aback. She hadn't seen that bombshell coming.
"Yeah," Josephine nodded, a shy but excited smile playing on her lips. "Kieran said he'd take three months to settle the internal issues in the Stevens Family, and then… we'll get married."
At first, she'd thought it was too fast.
But once the decision was made, a wave of calm, happy certainty had washed over her. She'd even started daydreaming about the moment she'd become Kieran's wife.
"If that's the case, congratulations!" Rachel's smile was genuine, her happiness for her friend shining through. "And of course I'll be your bridesmaid! If you didn't ask me, I'd be seriously offended!"
