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
PRINCESS I chuckled as I felt the blush rushing up my cheeks like a tidal wave. So embarrassing. "Um... what do you want?" "Oh—just in case you're hungry, dinner has been served," he told me. "Okay, I'm actually hungry," I replied, stepping out of the room. The house was huge. Like, se
I thought back to all the times Frank and I had almost gotten intimate. How he'd always held himself back at the last minute. How he'd say he couldn't have sex with me because he loved and respected me too much. How he wanted to wait until after marriage because I was so special and precious t
ESSENCE I paced back and forth across the living room like I was training for the Olympic speed-walking team. Any minute now, Princess was going to walk through that door, and I had to tell her that her Prince Charming was actually Prince Scamming. How do you tell your daughter that the love o
"Goodnight." When I lay in bed, I expected to fall asleep immediately. But I couldn't. I couldn't get Damon's voice out of my head. The way he'd whispered in my ear. The things he'd said. How he'd told me I was beautiful and sweet. I chuckled bitterly. "Of course. Those are probably the same







