LOGINShe was teary by the end, which made me feel like I'd absolutely nailed it. "I now pronounce you husband and wife," the officiant said. "You may kiss your bride." I pulled Paige into my arms and kissed her while everyone cheered. At the reception, Danny gave his best man speech with way too mu
ASHER I'd performed in front of millions of people, won three acting awards, and done my own stunts in a movie where I nearly died twice. But standing in this room waiting to get married, I was more terrified than I'd ever been in my entire life. Ten dates. That's what I'd told Paige we neede
When my parents came back from their conference, Damon told me he wanted our families to know about our relationship officially. I was nervous, but I agreed. The next evening, everyone gathered in the main living room. My parents, Aunt Sky and her husband, Victor, Ella, Asher and his new girlf
My heart started racing. "Really? You can do that?" "If you have the recording, yes. If not, I can go to Frank and get it from him." "I have it," I said quickly. "I made Frank send it to me. I thought if my dad ever found out and tried to go after Frank's mother, I could use the recording to thr
I'd missed this so much. Missed him so much. "I missed you," he whispered between kisses. "God, I missed you so much. It was driving me crazy." "I missed you too," I breathed. "So much." He lifted me up and I wrapped my legs around his waist as he carried me to the bed. We fell onto the ma
PRINCESS After standing there for a while watching Damon walk away, I couldn't let him just leave. Not after everything. Not after searching for him all day in a wedding dress like some kind of romantic comedy protagonist who'd lost her mind. I followed him into the house and went straight
I looked away, my heart pounding so hard I thought it might explode from my chest. This was too much. Too much emotion, too much guilt, too much pressure, too much everything. Guilt crushed me for what my family had done to him. Shame burned through me for moving on with Damon so quickly.
Frank snapped his fingers in front of my face and I jumped slightly, startled out of my thoughts. "Where's your mind at?" he asked, looking concerned. "I've been talking to you for the past minute and you've been completely zoning out on me." "Sorry," I said quickly, forcing a smile that felt fake
In the morning, after I'd managed to get a few more hours of fitful sleep, I contemplated calling Damon. Just picking up my phone and texting him, asking if we could talk. But what would I even say? "Hey, I know I dumped you for my ex-fiancé, but are we still cool? Want to grab coffee and discuss
I needed to tell Princess how I felt about her. Needed to ask her to be my girlfriend properly, not just my friends-with-benefits arrangement partner. Needed to make this real so that when her parents arrived, I could tell them about my intentions and ask for their blessing to eventually marry t







