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“It sure is.” I printed out 200 invitations. This was going to be the wedding of the century. And it was going to be so damn romantic that Ghazi was going to cry a flood of tears.
“I guarantee that you will not be walking down the aisle to anyone but Tanner.”
“Tanner’s a ho-bag and I hate everything about him and his dumb face and stupid suits. I’m marrying Mr. Frost.” I stared at Xander’s name on the save the date. Soon that would be Tanner’s name. As long as Chastity didn’t mess this up for me.
True Love - Chapter 15 – Chastity’s Favorite Champagne
Thursday – December 28, 2023
Tanner
I had no idea what Ash was doing. Was she really that mad at me that she was serious about marrying this idiot?
I shook my head. There had to be something else to it. I stared down at the file that Marty my PI had gotten me on Xander Frost. I laughed when I saw some quotes about Xander from his grandmother:
“He’s sour because his bum hole hurts.”
“Definitely into back door stuff.”
“Binders? He probably has binders full of men.”
“He’s into homo things.”
I laughed and closed the file. It was just like Ash to try to make me jealous with some gay guy.
But...was Xander actually gay? And was this just some kind of retaliation because I’d been gone for a month? I knew I’d promised her I’d never leave her, but Santa was in trouble and I knew how much she liked Christmas. I thought I could save Christmas and then spend it with her. I never expectedthisto happen.
I wished I could go back in time and not answer Santa’s call for help. It was horrible timing right after Ash had been so upset on Thanksgiving. I could see how she might have thought we’d broken up.I guess.Yeah, definitely horrible timing to get kidnapped and not be able to communicate.
But at least I’d gotten away with my magic intact…unlike Santa. I still needed to figure out who kidnapped us and stole Santa’s magic before next Christmas. One year without presents for the world was bad enough, but two years in a row? Christmas would be ruined. And that wouldn’t do. I could just picture Ash running to look under the tree and not seeing a gift. Yeah, that wouldn’t do at all.
But I had a year to figure out Santa’s nonsense. Right now I needed to figure out a way to make Ash stop this madness. And get her fucked by her lesser true love as soon as possible. I knew she wouldn’t be doing any of this if I was free of this stupid curse. Maybe her baby fever was back? I shook my head. If that was true, she would have fucked Xander. Not gotten engaged and been waiting for marriage to bang him. If she was willing to wait for marriage, she would have waited for me.
I didn’t know what was going on with Ash. But I was going to win her back. And get free. I just needed a plan. Last night I’d been a bit hysterical. According to Nigel. I didn’t remember much. The little bastard drugged me shortly after Ash had left. I really needed to find Nigel’s supply of narcotics and hide them from him. They weren’t that dangerous to me. But I knew he had a collection for quite some time. And the expiration dates were probably way past. He could kill a normal person with that stuff.
Either way, I was feeling better today. And ready to tackle this problem.
I was just about to ask Destiny to put Ash into the Society algorithm to determine her best match when Matt’s name lit up on my phone.
“What’s up?” I asked.
“Not much,” said Matt. “What’s up withyou?”
“You’re the one that called me, son.”
Matt sighed. “Seriously, man, what’s up?”
“I’m busy doing work things. As a normal boy does on Thursdays.” It was a lie. I wasn’t at work. I was at my home office and I hadn’t even thought about work for a month while I was imprisoned. But I had people for that. Unlike Matt. The poor millionaire lad.
“That’s it? That’s all you have to say?”
“Yes?”
“You were gone for a month. You had Brooklyn worried sick. And Jacob kept asking for you on Christmas.”
I pressed my lips together. I hadn’t meant to let my grandson down. “Sorry about that. It was a business thing.”
“You always say that. Cell phones work overseas, man.”
