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 rubbed my hands together. “She said she wasn’t the one who pressed charges. Her brother did. He was furious when he saw the bruises. But she’d gone to withdraw the case. She wanted to move forward. We both did.” I paused, my chest rising and falling. We’d talked for a bit—nothing deep, nothi
ESSENCE Sky and Hailey were still squealing like overexcited parrots when we went to my office. If their hugs got any tighter, I’d probably go into labor two trimesters early. “Okay, okay, calm down!” I laughed, trying to pry them off me. “It’s a baby, not a Grammy award.” Sky flopped into the co
“I blocked his number,” she muttered under her breath as she scrolled. “God, I can’t believe I’m doing this.” She dialed. Seconds passed. Her face changed as she listened. Her expression moved from irritation to confusion, then to cold disbelief. “What happened?” I asked quietly. “He’s been
She didn’t deserve this. None of it. And I was tired of pretending I could just keep forgiving while Alex kept attacking from the shadows. He tried to kill my child. I shut my eyes, clenching my fists until my knuckles popped. The image of her curled on the hospital bed, tubes in her arm, eyes g







