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
ALEX The knock came while I was pacing like a lunatic in the living room. My chest tightened. I practically ran to the door, yanked it open... And there she was. Essence. She stood there, panic flickering in her eyes, but damn… she looked more beautiful than I remembered. Her skin glowed li
My heart swelled with pride. I had been out of the industry for years, and still, this company had remembered me. They’d requested me personally. That alone should have been a quiet victory—but peace was always short-lived around here. Because just as I was flipping through the third page of the c
ESSENCE The night I got Asher's call, for a brief moment, I felt my world shatter. "Mom... I'm sorry. I miss you. I love you." God, I had wanted to hear those words for so long. Longer than I dared to admit. And when I finally did, something cracked inside me. I broke down. I wept until I
I writhed. Right there on the table, I arched into him like my body had its own desperate language. His fingers slid down the length of my belly, between my thighs, and found my pussy. Found every drop of want I was soaked in. His touch was teasing, circling my folds slowly, reverently. My hips li







