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
The irony wasn't lost on me. Kelly probably had no idea it was my birthday. Why would she? We'd never discussed personal details like that. Our marriage was an arrangement, not a real relationship where people remembered important dates. But as I sat there, staring at the ceiling, I found myself t
"I might be overthinking this," I said quietly, "but something about that interaction felt off to me. After what happened with Maia, I'm probably being paranoid, but I just want us to be careful." Kelly's expression softened slightly. "I understand why you'd be concerned after everything we've bee
DANNY Running up that mountain, searching for Kelly, my heart was pounding so hard I could hear it in my ears. I kept calling her name, my voice echoing off the rock faces. "Kelly! Kelly, can you hear me?" I looked around frantically, swinging the flashlight beam across the trail, into the fores
KELLY Standing in front of the full-length mirror in my hotel suite, I couldn't help but smile at my reflection. I'd pulled out all the stops tonight - the kind of effort that would have made my mother weep with pride if she could see me actually caring about my appearance in a setting like this.







