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
"Wow," he said with a smile that made my traitorous heart do a little flip. "You're really going to hold onto that anger, aren't you?" "Obviously not," I muttered, "because I have the backbone of a jellyfish and excellent reasoning skills apparently make me forget why I was mad in the first place.
So when Ella and I went out together, I threw myself into the shopping. We went to different malls, trying on clothes, buying wedding items, birthday decorations, gifts. Everything Ella picked out, I enthusiastically agreed with. Ella instructed the stores to deliver everything to the house.
Another lie to add to my growing collection. "We miss you too, sweetheart," he said, his voice softening. "But we're so proud of you for taking this time to heal and focus on yourself after everything that happened with Frank. That situation was difficult for all of us, but especially for you."
The phone nearly slipped from my hands. She said it. Just like that. So casually. "Yes, Mom," I whispered. "It does. Thank you for being honest." "Forget about Frank, sweetheart," my mom said firmly. "He's all in your past now. Focus on enjoying your time in France." "Yes, Mom. I love yo







