Page 364 of Forbidden Billionaires: Vol. 8
We really were. He was every dream of mine come true. I wouldn’t just give up the single girl life for anyone. “Oh my God.” I grabbed Ash’s arm.
“What? Are you okay?”
“No! The Single Girl Rules!”
Ash just stared at me. “Right. I’m so glad you’re going to be done with those. Goodbye and good riddance.”
“No!”
“No what? You’re going to be married. You can’t do that crazy stuff anymore. It’s completely inappropriate.”
“I know that. I meant ‘no’ as infuckingno! How could I forget? I’ve been so busy with last-minute wedding details that I didn’t give the rules back! This is a disaster! We need to leave right this second!”
“Um…” Ash stared at me in my wedding dress. “Chasity, we can’t go anywhere. We’re taking pictures before the ceremony. We’re supposed to be out in the gardens in like half an hour.”
“Did you not hear what I just said? This is an emergency! A 911 situation. I have to put the Single Girl Rules back right freaking now.” I lifted the hem of my dress, ready to make a run for it.
“Back where? Cut it out, Chastity. We both know you made up those rules.”
“I did not! How many times do I have to tell you this? The rules came to me when I needed them most, and now I have to put them back for someone else to find. Come on.” I grabbed Ash’s hand and pulled her out of the wedding suite.
“Slow down!” called Ash. “I can’t run in these stupid shoes.
Her shoes were as dumb as her dress. But she should have thought about that when she’d made me wear one-inch pumps to her first wedding. One-inch. What was I…80 years old? I’d paid her back by giving her six-inch heels because she was bad at walking in them. I loved being a bridezilla. It suited me.
I pulled her down a hallway and put my back against a wall so no one could see us.
“What are you doing?”
“Shh!” I hissed. “We’re making a getaway.”
“Oh. So youarehaving cold feet? I get it. I’m a little relieved. I know I said you two were perfect for each other, but he is a little weird.”
“Excuse you? I’m not having cold feet. I’m going back to college.” I slowly peered around the corner to see if the coast was clear.
“I’m pretty sure that’s cold feet. And we can’t go to Newark right now. We’ll miss the whole wedding. It’s over a two-hour drive…”
“That’s why we’re taking my perfect soon-to-be husband’s helicopter. Now stop saying insane stuff and let’s make a run for it!”Okay, fine.I knew I sounded insane. But this was important. I wasn’t going to be a single girl anymore. And it went against the whole principle of the Single Girl Rules to hoard them from other single girls.
I grabbed Ash’s hand and we made a run for it. We made it out of the mansion and into the gardens without being spotted. Everyone else was still either getting ready or setting up for the ceremony inside. It was the perfect getaway.
Or not.Because Justin had just burst out the doors of the mansion.
“Where are you going?!” he yelled from behind us.
“The Single Girl Rules!” I yelled back to him.
“What the hell are you talking about?!”
I’d always thought Justin was so cool. How did he not know about the Single Girl Rules? #Lame. “I’ll be back before the ceremony!”
“Don’t you runaway-bride me, missy!”
“I’m not!”
“Don’t you dare get in that helicopter!” he screamed
Too late.Luckily the helicopter was already here, ready to whisk me and shmoopie poo away to our honeymoon. We climbed in. “Go, go, go!”
