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 pulled into the lounge parking lot and killed the engine. For a second, I just sat there in the quiet, my hands still gripping the wheel like I was bracing for impact. Maybe I was. Brian was already inside when I walked in, same booth, same crooked grin like nothing had changed in all these mont
“Okay,” I said, slowly dragging the notebook back. “So I’m a little… rusty.” Sky laughed. “You’re lucky you’re pretty.” I groaned and buried my face in a pillow. “Why did this have to happen to us?” Sky cried. I blinked. “What? What is wrong?” Hailey burst into quiet laughter, and then sto
HAILEY The woman standing in Zion’s doorway stared at me like I was something foul clinging to the bottom of her stiletto. She didn’t even flinch. She just stood there, one hand resting casually on the frame, the silk of her barely-there nightgown brushing against flawless thighs, her expression
ESSENCE I melted completely. “Okay then,” I whispered, gripping Lucian's lapels. “Let’s do it. Let’s show the world that you belong only to me and I to you.” He didn’t reply. He just kissed me...hard and hungry and perfect. And right there, in the middle of cake crumbs and soft lighting a







