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
LUCIAN I sat beside Essence again, the silence thick between us, our knees brushing lightly on the edge of the bed. I could still see the tension in her shoulders, the unshed tears threatening to pool in her eyes. But I needed her to understand everything. I took a quiet breath and asked gently, "
“I’m siding with his happiness,” she replied, then turned to me. “Lucian, is this what you want?” “Yes,” I said without hesitation. “Essence is the only woman I’ve ever truly loved. I won’t leave her. Not for anyone.” Silence filled the room. My father looked at me like I had slapped him. “Aft
ESSENCE I didn’t even know how to breathe. Was Lucian serious? Did he really mean what I thought he meant? He was offering to bring my son, Asher, into our home. Into our life. Into this new, strange, beautiful chapter I didn’t even fully understand yet. I blinked at him, trying to piece his w
ESSENCE "Sky!" Hailey slapped Sky's arm. "What?" Sky grinned unrepentantly. "It's very important for the sex to be good. It's like food. Maybe even more important. At the very least, her husband has to be better in bed than that loser Alex, so as to keep her satisfied. Bad sex can ruin everythi







