Todos los capítulos de The Scandal In Room 214: Capítulo 81 - Capítulo 90

Candace's povWedding planning sounded exciting when other people talked about it. It sounded completely different when it was your own wedding.Within a week of getting engaged, my phone was filled with messages about venues, dresses, flowers, photographers, invitations, and dates. My mother called almost every morning.“Have you thought about the dress?”“Not yet.”“You need to start looking. What about the venue?”“Jake is handling that.”There was a pause before she asked, “What do you mean he’s handling it?”I stared at the ceiling. “He wants to help.”That wasn’t exactly a lie. Jake wanted to help with everything. He had opinions about the venue, guest list, decorations, food, music, invitations, and even the flowers.At first, I thought it was sweet. He was excited, or at least he looked excited. Every time we discussed the wedding, his face lit up as he showed me pictures of different venues on his phone.“What do you think about this one?”“It’s beautiful.”“Better.”He swipe

By lunchtime, I had already lost track of how many times I had checked the time.Classes, assignments, people moving through the hallways with their phones in their hands and coffee cups balanced between their fingers. Nothing about the day had been particularly different, but Elias’s absence still managed to sit somewhere in the back of my mind.He didn’t look for me anymore. He didn’t find unnecessary reasons to speak to me, and he didn’t linger around me the way he used to. Even the little things had stopped. A question about class. A passing comment. Those moments when I would catch him watching me before he looked away.I told myself it was better this way.It had to be.I was engaged to Jake. Elias was Jake’s father. Whatever had happened between us should have ended the moment I agreed to marry his son.That was the sensible thing.So why did I still notice him whenever he was nearby?I hated that I did.I was leaving one of my classes when I heard someone call my name.“Candac

By the time we left the airport, Bridgette had already decided she was taking over my wedding. Not that I had actually asked her to, and not that there was even much of a wedding to take over. She had simply decided that since she was back, she had responsibilities.“So,” she said, settling into the passenger seat and buckling her seat belt, “when are we starting?”I glanced at her. “Starting what?”“The wedding.”I laughed. “You’ve been back in the country for less than an hour.”“And?”“And you already want to start planning?”“Yes.”I shook my head and pulled out of the parking lot. “You don’t have to do anything.”She looked at me as if I had said something ridiculous. “I’m your friend. You’re getting married. Obviously I’m helping.”“You’re acting like I’m getting married tomorrow.”“Are you?”“No.”“Good. Then we have time.”I smiled despite myself. She had always been like this. Once Bridgette decided something was happening, there was very little anyone could do to convince he

Candace's povBridgette didn’t ask me anything else about Elias. At least, not immediately.She let the silence sit between us as I continued driving, and I was grateful for that. I didn’t know where to begin, and having her stare at me while I tried to explain everything would have made it worse.She simply looked out the window. The streets passed around us, and I tried to focus on driving instead of everything I had just admitted.I had spent so long keeping Elias and Jake in separate parts of my mind that saying his name out loud made everything feel too real.Then, after a few minutes, she spoke.“You said he’s been avoiding you.”I tightened my hands around the steering wheel as I found a parking space. “Yes.”“Since when?”I thought about it. “Since things started getting complicated.”“What kind of complicated?”I sighed. “The kind where you know you shouldn’t feel something, but you do anyway.”Bridgette turned toward me, but I kept my eyes on the road.“I still think about h

Candace's povAnnalise had chosen a small café a few blocks from the university. It was quiet enough to talk without having to compete with the noise of campus, but busy enough that neither of us would feel like we were sitting down for some serious meeting.When I arrived, she was already there. She stood when she saw me.“Candace.”“Hi.”She smiled. “I’m glad you came.”I took the seat across from her. “I wasn’t sure what you wanted to discuss.”“The wedding.”I raised an eyebrow. “The wedding?”“Yes.” She laughed softly. “You sound surprised.”“I am.”“Why?”“Because I didn’t expect you to actually have ideas for me.”She smiled. “I have plenty.”She pulled a notebook from her bag and placed it on the table. I looked at it.“Oh wow! You weren’t joking, seeing as you came prepared.”“I told you I would help.”She opened the notebook. “I was thinking about venues first.”I leaned closer. She had written down several names, most of themmy motherhad suggested andJake had quietly ruled