Love After the Betrayal
te was thick with the sce
to be the happie
urner then, "Abby" to
or, the white lace of my wedding dress a sta
he door
mother or my
ndon Hayes
n't sm
the bride before the ceremony," I s
right in front of me, his gaze fixed on the delicate diamond necklace around my
ack," he said,
, what are you
skin as he unclasped the necklace. I was too s
palm for a moment before his
er eyes red-rimmed as if she'd been crying
nd without a word, he fastene
eckl
fut
s now
oice finally returned, but it
o me, his expres
marry y
ding is
, his voice softening. "I'm
from a terrible movie. My own cousin, who was supp
anaged to
There's a curse, Abby. A psychic told Seraphina's mother. If I don't marry her,
wedding, destroying my life,
don's chest. "I'm so sorry, Abby. I didn't w
as as hollow
back at me, his eyes now filled with a strange kind o
conspiratorial whisper. "Once the danger from the curse has passed,
to wait. To put my life on hold while he played hero i
ther saw the scene-me in my dress, Brandon holding Sera
trage. They all expected me to break down, to scream, to beg Bran
tears ne
heartbreak was a cold, hard stone
life with, and I saw a stranger. A weak, arrogant man easil
you remember the arrangement wit
ential alliance through marriage that had been on the back burn
ou don't
steady and firm. "Call
his jaw slack. This was not the reaction he had an
scoffed. "You're just upset. You
in of anything in my life," I
the wedding dress. My mother rus
oor. I walked to my closet, pulled out a simple dress, and put it on. I
l "Abby" Turner e
Europe, leaving behind the wreckag
ears p
onger knew me
art curator, happily married, and si
, William, speak with his assistant. He was tall and kind, with a quiet strength tha
rs, for one reason only: William's grandfather, the patriarch
ng as a completel