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7: Thin Walls
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2026-11-03 18:05:22
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Hired to Stop a Wedding 11: Brutal Confessions
Jordan arrived twenty minutes earlier than the proposed time. He tapped on the silk-covered table nervously, checking his watch every second and glancing at faces across the room to make sure all of them were unfamiliar.He knew he should not have been worried about the gossip or about the rumours spreading over the internet. They always did. Yet, for reasons that had become more obvious to him in the last twenty-four hours, he felt like he was actually concealing something true.He glanced at his watch one more time and realised it was already ten minutes past seven. Past the time that he had told her to be there.“Would you like a glass of water while you wait?” a slender waiter spoke, causing Jordan to startle at the sudden baritone of his voice.A light chuckle escaped his mouth. “I'll have just one, Larry, thank you,” and in no time, Jordan was gulping down the cold liquid like his throat had been burning for years.Then, he checked the time again. Thirty minutes late. He hadn't
Hired to Stop a Wedding 10: Closing Walls
Jordan itched to get away from the chaos. He craved the quiet minutes he would get before the rest of the band and the PR team came hovering.It wasn't that he didn't like his bandmates or his job, for that matter; he simply could not remember having enough room to breathe in the last seventy-two hours. Amanda had begged—no, she had insisted on visiting her parents together, and he knew there was nothing he dreaded more than spending every waking second with them.Carl and Rebekah Richmond were two of the wealthiest businesspeople in the state, and they never failed to hint at how undeserving he was of their daughter.Even though they were the ones who had insisted on the union.“Think of this as nothing other than a short-term contract. You might not have the name, but you certainly have the assets. And that's all she needs,” Carl had said to him the evening of their engagement party.Of course, the set-up had been three years ago, when he hadn't thought much of it and had seen Amand
Hired to Stop a Wedding 9: Blinding Lights
The ticket line felt like half a mile long. With her kind of luck, Zoey was stuck at the end of it, contemplating whether to steal an official’s ID and gain direct entry backstage or wait until her legs went numb from pain. She stood for close to an hour before she could have any hopes of entering the stadium. By the time she did, every nook and cranny was occupied, with hundreds of excited bodies trailing from the parking lot.Several crazed fans sat in corners, quenching their thirst, while others leaned on walls with hand fans as they somehow simultaneously screamed their lungs out in anticipation.On her way to the bathroom, Zoey bumped into a couple unintentionally. The lady, who looked to be a little older than Zoey expected, spat a few curses before sashaying away in the arms of her lover. Zoey muttered an apology underneath her breath—not like they would hear it or care to with the distance now in between them.She scolded herself for her loss of focus but remembered that it w
Hired to Stop a Wedding 8: Paranoid
“Ray,” Zoey said, unsure if seeing him again was nothing other than chance.“Zoey, what a pleasant surprise! Do you work here?”“Well, I am taking your order.” She did the thing where she always let out a burst of laughter when she got uncomfortable.“Right, I don't know why I asked. I mean, obviously,” he said.Zoey couldn't shake off the feeling that she was being scrutinised on the spot.“Would you like anything else?” she asked.“You know what? Make that two espressos.” The smirk hadn't left the corner of his lip throughout the conversation. “That is, if you would care to join me.”How would she explain to Sanjay that she needed a break five minutes into her shift? But then again, how could she say no to the sweetest and probably the second wealthiest man she had ever met in her life?Somehow, with an excuse she had given herself, she took off her hat and apron and sat across from Ray.“You don't come here often, do you?” she asked.“Well, I think most people tend to forget that i
Hired to Stop a Wedding 7: Thin Walls
“What're you guys doing?” a voice asked from behind them.Ray had heard a slight rattle only moments before and decided to check what the noise was. He thought he'd find a rodent again and would have to call the exterminators back. What he had not expected was to find Zoey cornered and held at the waist by Jordan.He saw it briefly, the chill between them and how they startled at the sound of his voice. But it could have been anything his imagination cooked up, especially because he was hungover.Jordan let out an awkward cough. “Just letting Zoey know the details,” he lied.Ray’s focus slowly drifted from the lead singer to the supposed new hire. “Right… What details?” he asked, suspicion lacing every letter of the question.Jordan scratched the back of his head, shrugging as if it would compensate for the lack of words. He had no idea what her job was supposed to be as a roadie anyway, mostly because the band wasn't on tour until late August—after the wedding crash.Ray lifted a bro
Hired to Stop a Wedding 6: Two Sides of the Coin
“Zoey?” Amanda said with a stabbing shock. She had not expected to see the person who had ghosted her three years ago. “You know each other?” Jordan asked, trying not to break a sweat. This was not going as planned. “Hi, Amanda,” Zoey said, her voice sounding more like a broken record now than it did before. “Yeah, we went to college together,” Amanda replied. “And you didn't think to tell me?” Jordan asked Zoey in annoyance. “Hope everyone's welcome to the reunion?” Ray chipped in. “Shut up, Ray!” Amanda and Jordan thundered. It was clearly going to be an awkward moment for everyone, so Zoey decided she was going home. She walked over to Amanda first because she had to clear the air between them. At least, she felt she needed to. “Congrats on the wedding,” she told her. Amanda only nodded in response and let out a curt “Thanks.” The memory stuck no matter how hard they both tried to brush it aside, and Amanda remembered things slightly differently from her friend.
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