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They all smiled and filed out.

She pulled me over to the bed to sit with her. “Now how are you really doing? This is the first time I’ve gotten to really talk to you.”

I spilled all the details, feeling like I could unload for the first time in weeks.

“So do you want Kade or not? I’m confused.”

“Yeah, so am I. That’s the problem.”

There was a soft knock on the door. “Cassie, we need to get going if we’re going to make you both fabulous,” one of her people called.

“Both?” I asked.

“You don’t think I wouldn’t share, do you? Come now, we must be fabulous. There are men that need to be wowed into submission.”

She pulled me along with her before I could refuse.

“Hey, do you think there’s enough fabulousness to squeeze in one more?” I asked.

“Of course. You know I always come prepared.”

I trackeddown Missy in the bunkhouse, drinking a beer on the old couch, never looking more down and out than she did right now. “What are you doing?”

“I was just thirsty and taking a break.”

“Come on. Cassie brought a glam squad with her, and we’re getting your hair and makeup done.”

“No, I don’t need all that fuss. I’ll catch up after you’re done.”

I planted myself on the couch next to her. “Then I’ll wait for you.”

“You’re really going to do this to me?”

“Yes.”

She eyed me over her bottle as she sipped. I could see the wheels turning, whether or not to try to hold out.

She finally let out a little huff.

“How’d you know I was going to try to bail?” she asked.

“Because if I wasn’t in the wedding, I’d have done the same.”

“So because you have to go, you’re dragging me down with you?”

“Misery does love company, and my current misery knows no ends.” I tilted my head down as my eyebrows rose. “At least you don’t have an ex visiting the place you are an indentured servant at.”

“You’re right. I don’t have a leg to stand on.”

She sucked in a breath through her teeth before she stood up, then held out her hand to help me up, and I let her.

“Good to know my shitty circumstances could help you out,” I said. “They should help someone, right?”

Chapter34

Kade

There wasa soft knock on my office door and Priscilla was standing there, smiling through the window. I’d thought I’d be able to hide here until the wedding started, but it didn’t appear to be working out.

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