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
ESSENCE I sat on the couch, smiling, when it hit me.... this, right here, was peace. Asher and Danny were rolling on the carpet, re-enacting every exaggerated scene from that ridiculous superhero movie we had watched the night before. Danny was shrieking, cape tied around his neck with a kitchen
LUCIAN The road home was quiet, too quiet for a man with this much rage sitting on his chest. My hands gripped the steering wheel tighter than necessary, and the leather groaned under my fingers. I should’ve left Alex there. Should’ve let the water swallow him whole. But I didn’t. Instead,
And as sleep pulled me under, I told myself over and over that I was lucky to be married to a man who loved me as much as Lucian did. _____ I woke up to the sound of birds and the smell of breakfast. That’s how I knew the day was already showing off. It was Sunday. Family day. Picnics, laughte
SKY The phone buzzed again. I didn’t even flinch this time. I just stared at it, the screen glowing with Jack’s name like it was mocking me. He’d been calling non-stop for days—two weeks now, actually. I’d lost count of how many times he’d knocked on my door, how many texts he’d sent, how many







