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
She leaned closer, brushing a tear from his cheek. “I didn’t leave you for someone else. I left because you and your father told me to. Don’t you remember?” He shook his head furiously. “But I didn’t mean it! I was just… I don’t know! I thought things would be better, but they’re not. They’re wors
LUCIAN I could feel my blood boiling the moment I watched Essence walk into my father's home and get greeted with the coldest reception I’d ever witnessed. She wasn’t just anyone—she was my wife. The woman who, despite all her scars and wounds, had found it in herself to trust me, to love me. And
ALEX I was pacing again. For what had to be the hundredth time this morning, I made another slow pass across the small space inside the pediatric ward. My feet moved automatically, but my mind was caught somewhere else entirely. I kept seeing her. Essence. The flash of her palm connecting wi
LUCIAN I sat behind the wheel, hands gripping the steering like I was bracing for impact. My eyes kept drifting to the house in front of me, but my thoughts were far from still. Something about this felt wrong. This whole thing. The call. The way Essence had broken down after hearing Asher’s v







