MasukShe 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
LUCIAN The moment I left George, I slid into the driver’s seat and closed the door behind me. I didn’t even have time to start the engine before my phone rang. I didn’t need to look twice. It was the second fixer. I answered with a simple, “Yes?” His voice came through, calm as ever. “Though
LUCIAN The knock came softly...barely a tap. I wasn’t expecting anyone, especially not this early. Still, I walked to the door, hoping it wasn’t anything urgent. The moment I opened it, my heart softened. There they were. Asher and Danny. Bathed, dressed, beaming like sunrise in boy form. Thei
Or maybe I was the one dreaming. My mind couldn’t tell the difference anymore. Was she really here? After everything? Was I about to wake up and realize I’d imagined all this? That she was still gone? That Asher never came? I didn’t want to blink. I didn’t want to breathe. Because if I
LUCIAN I came in through the back door like a thief in my own home. Not because I was hiding anything from Essence—at least not in the way it might seem. But because I wasn’t ready to explain where I had gone. The way things are with her now, every truth feels like a blade I must hand over with







