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I handed out my wedding invitations to the three friends sitting opposite me. Nervous, I kept stealing glances at Alpha Damien who sat next to me. As always, Alpha Damien sat with his mouth tightly closed and watched us. He was civil, even at my introduction of him as my future brother-in-law, so I assumed he would just sit there and watch us quietly for the rest of the night.

If that’s the case, I would be so grateful. I stole glances at Alpha Damien from time to time.

Lucy, your fiance is the guy that came to the theater a long time ago, right? Jean opened up the dialogue from across the table and Darcy joined in.

That’s right! He was friends with Henry and was glad to see you when he visited. Didn’t you say it had been a long time since your reunion?

So you started dating at that time? my other friend piped up.

Because the 3 girls sitting opposite me took turns shooting questions, I started to feel frazzled.

“Not, not since then. Well...we were just continuing to keep in touch... I