When The Wrong Groom Shows Up

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d evening gowns. I felt out of place in my simple

icole, laughing together. He had his arm around her

happy couple. I loo

straight

Where is

when he saw me. He quickly recovered, his ex

e you doing here?

lice. "Oh, the cake. It was a sweet gesture, Matthe

me. "I said we'd get Buddy Valastro to fly in and make

hy o

don't want a TV baker. I want my

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he situation, the tremor in my voice betraying my forced composur

thousand

m a piece of my own heart that

arge box towards the exit, my pat

she said, stumblin

ent. Her movement

the cardboard. The box tilted violently. I heard a sickening squish from ins

rying to save it,

Nicole fall, r

didn't check on the cake.

" he asked her, his

me, his face con

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a

allroom. My head snapped to the side, an

s. "You did that on purpose. You can't stand to see me

on my burning cheek, the r

ical pain, it all blended into a

arry, the man who had just hit me in front o

he was right

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