LOGINHailey’s POVMom also came rushing over. She put an arm around my shoulder and led me out of the ballroom. The door slammed shut behind us, and thankfully we were the only ones in the hallway.“I can’t believe your dress just fell apart like that! You’d think something so expensive would hold up bet
Hailey’s POVMom’s face popped in my mind again, a reminder that I needed to not do anything to embarrass her on the day of her big announcement. I closed my eyes and slowly counted to ten, that old trick everyone says to use to calm down.But it doesn’t actually work.I spun around to face the thre
Hailey’s POVThe crowd continued to count, “45…46…”I shook my head in disbelief. How are they still going? Don’t they need to breathe?“59…60!”I groaned. God. I looked around for Tyler, but didn’t see him in the crowd. I really hoped he wasn’t around to see this. It would just be one more thing fo
Hailey’s POV“Wait, what?” I had not seen this side of Tyler yet. The normally cocky man suddenly looked and sounded so defeated.“Derek once told me the biggest reason he’s with Jessica is because she’s been one of the only women to show him that she cares about him. Her and our mom. I’ve seen over
I walked down to my room, my mind racing. I was glad mom found someone to take care of and spoil her like this, she deserved it. But I couldn’t help wondering if Aaron was in the mafia or something.I was less shocked when I got to my room, since I had already experienced the surprise in mom’s, but
Hailey’s POVI slammed my door shut behind me and paced back and forth in front of it. “Fucking Derek. And Tyler!” I muttered angrily to myself. “Think they can control me…”I stormed into the bathroom to re-apply concealer to the hickey. My anger began to subside, and it became slowly replaced with







