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Something in me stopped being afraid and started being Ford-adjacent. "What are you trying to do? My bodyguards are outside. You have no idea what you've gotten yourself into. They won't let you walk away from whatever you're planning." She smiled without any part of her face agreeing to it. "Th
"Hey, baby." "Hey, beautiful. What are you doing?" "Getting ready to be married in public to the love of my life." I imagined his face immediately breaking out in a smile. "Well, I'm bored over here. I feel like coming to see you." I laughed so hard the hairstylist steadied my shoulder. "Yo
I hung up and sat by the window for a while, watching the city do its oblivious thing, and let out a breath I felt I'd been holding for months. "At least he suffered something." And then, because guilt is the one guest at every wedding of the mind that needs no invitation, the old thought came b
CELESTE "There's no need to be so dramatic. Get up." But Sierra stayed down on the laboratory floor like the tile had adopted her, the check trembling between two fingers, tears tracking fresh lines through her makeup with the enthusiasm of a broken tap. "No, Celeste! One million dollars? Why
She swallowed hard and kept going before her nerve could leave entirely. "I went to stay with an old friend, hoping she'd let me stay for a while. At first she didn't make fun of me. But then she called some of our other friends, the ones who knew me, and they all came over to visit. They laughed







