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
Joe took me from the hospital before Lucian could act. He wanted to leave me in a coma. Possibly permanently. Joe hid me in a safe house while the world assumed I was unconscious. That was victory one. The second? Crafting the perfect deception. Joe had the resources—money, power, connections.
LUCIAN Two months later, the sky was a dull gray, as though the heavens mourned with me. People had gathered in black. Some were whispering. Some crying. Some filming. I didn’t care who was there. I didn’t care that the press had shown up or that the media vans were parked outside. I sat motionles
ASHER My legs felt like noodles. I dropped to the ground outside the gate and cried. Not little boy tears. Real ones. The kind that made your nose run and your heart feel like it would crack open. That’s when someone touched my shoulder. It was a teacher. I recognized her...Danny had pointed
LUCIAN They say grief softens with time. But, it’s been a month. And I still sleep on one side of the bed. Whenever I sleep at home, I don’t touch her pillow. I don’t let the covers wrinkle on her half. I wake up with my back turned to it, like if I don’t look, maybe she’s still there...jus







