No Apologies, No Regrets
Fedora Smith was done with love. Finished. Buried. Betrayal had ripped out her heart and torched itβher boyfriend of four years and her best friend of twenty-five caught pants down on the very anniversary sheets she gifted him. And their excuses? βYouβre not attractive anymore.β βYou took too long to marry him.β
Fine. If love was a game, she was rewriting the rules.
Now, she runs The Bridal Fix, an elite agency providing fake marriages for a steep priceβrent-a-bride services for men needing to fool their families, secure an inheritance, or stage the perfect breakup. Fifteen weddings, fifteen divorcesβno strings, no mess. Just business.
Until Judah Carlstone.
He hires her like the restβone contract, one wedding, one payday. But Judah asks too many questions. Looks at her too long. And when he smirks and saysβ
"Tell me, Fedoraβ¦ how does it feel to say βI doβ and not mean it?"
For the first time in years, she has no answer.
Because this was never supposed to feel real.