The Vows We Fake

ak first. Pride? Fury? I looke

unreadable. "Do y

on't know me... what's the point? I thought

was so bent on hiring you. But I'm failing to come with a good reason why. You are highly emot

s not my

Pardon me for not remembering, because my memory fails me. However, I do not appreciate mixing emoti

take

d. "I only value

cour

take anyt

ea

s me"? Did he really have amnesia? Am I that forgettable? Granted, I had ditched my braids for cropped hair dyed blonde and had forsaken the girly to

l who healed and then hurt him. I didn't sit. Not immediately. Instead, I hovered by the table, fingers grazing the edge

d, venue bookings, the bride's preferences which were minimal and cli

aid. "She doesn't s

me to handle

with your ex-fianc

tead. "Traditional? Contemporary? Destination... t

This venue has alw

. It was

. I turned a pag

eks fro

That's sho

ou can hand

tled.

ly. He nodded to the contract.

act with fingers I

equest it through Mr. Wade. Ser

thought, but I s

mn! They felt the same. I knew those fingers, memorized every inch of them. I could

y perceptible limp. He was about t

I said

he knob. "Mr. Black

throat tightened. Why? I wanted to ask. Why

, "Chrysanthemums?

of them." He turned to face me. His voice w

Not a

gic to chry

hing

. My throat

y m

"Because you're the best. Isn't

r. "I hope this venue

do

ve years ago, he told me that this wa

, then said, "We start walkthro

walked out, the door cl

y minutes just to catch my breath. W

me in shock, "you didn't tell me

in. If I had known earlier... I

ded like be do

ll to swallow. I

re true? That he had memor

making my face to be a p

dly. "You haven't hea

p with my exes," I repl

Zane. He was on his way to work when the driver of his vehicle lost control of the brakes and slammed i

nd damage control from the truck driver's family. Most people saw Zane as a victim of circumstances, so they laid him off, but the accident definitely had a toll on him. Media tabloids and arti

Leah, I don't kno

sympathy brimming in h

-hm

sign the

ed my blood

repeated, reaching o

m f

n't loo

"I'm just trying t

ded. "I'll get started with the layout updates. D

pered. An ache was creeping behind my ribs and aimin

death, and the painstaking process of rebuilding my business from scratch. Her father was my father's assistant,

that night; what else did I have to lose? Now, however, watching the guy I loved plan his wedding w

as to be the w

w my