r ribs she had to take shallow, rapid breaths. She reached
. She held a velvet box. She walked up behind Wren and clasped a heavy sapphir
ispered an apology, her hands shaki
rabbed her mother's hand. She squeezed it hard. She forced her v
ted through the floorboards. Arthur, the Ainsworth family b
nd against the tight corset. She locked her jaw. She wiped all t
linding wall of white light hit her face. Hundreds of camera fl
to the thick carpet of white rose petals. The loud, vibr
d of the long aisle stood Pierce. He
nto a handsome smile, but his dark eyes were
ar. He took Wren's hand a
ingers wrapped around hers, he squeezed. He
frozen for the cameras. She curled her fingers inward and dug
riest. The cameras clicked frantically fr
he words echoed off the high stone c
d her. He looked deeply into her eyes. He lean
up this photo op, he would tank
ilted her chin up, looked him dead in the eye, and s
y flawless, tailored perfectly by his team, yet he treated it like a weapon. He shoved it down her finger like he was locking a prisoner in ironrabbed his gold band. She shoved it onto his finger w
nd told Pierce he c
his hand and wrapped his fingers around the back of Wren's neck. His grip
lips were hard and cold. There was no sof
Wren's nose. Her stomach rolled with intense nausea. S
ierce pulled back. He raised his hand and gen
ng the contact. She faced the crowd and
erneath the massive skirt of her dress, Wren stepped awa
fted her weight. She brought the sharp heel of her s
d. A tiny muscle fea
ehind them, cutting off the noise and the cameras. In
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