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011–ALMOST YOURS.

Author: Ashley Wright
last update Last Updated: 2025-05-04 21:57:57

RYAN'S POV

I sit still, trying not to frown at the ridiculousness of it all. An engagement, and I’m supposed to care? Not when the bride’s hasn't come down yet, and everyone’s slowly panicking. The only thing I care about right now is getting out of this mess without losing my head and Rose not wearing another man's ring. And I also have a doctor's appointment.

Way to go with no stress.

Helen signals a maid, who scurries over to clear the table. "Can you kindly call Rose to come down?"

What's going on? What am I missing out? This is the third time Helen's sent for her, and still—no Rose. My feet shuffles restlessly against the marble floor. I want to check on her.

The last time we were together on the balcony, she confessed her feelings to me and I was about to say the same thing—not the same thing though because while hers is a crush, I think mine is more of an obsession.

But she decided immediately that her feelings were a mistake, I wonder why? Was she lying? Or did she regret fa
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