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Chapters (92)
  1. First
  2. Love Connection
  3. Zero
  4. One
  5. Two
  6. Three
  7. Four
  8. Five
  9. Six
  10. Seven
  11. Eight
  12. Nine
  13. Ten
  14. Eleven
  15. One Month Later
  16. Twelve
  17. Thirteen
  18. Fourteen
  19. Fifteen
  20. Six Months Later
  21. Sixteen
  22. Seventeen
  23. Eighteen
  24. Nineteen
  25. Twenty
  26. Twenty-one
  27. Twenty-two
  28. Twenty-three
  29. Twenty-four
  30. Six Months Later
  31. Twenty-five
  32. Twenty-six
  33. Twenty-seven
  34. Twenty-eight
  35. Twenty-nine
  36. Thirty
  37. Thirty-one
  38. Thirty-two
  39. Thirty-three
  40. I Have Never
  41. One
  42. Two
  43. Three
  44. Four
  45. Five
  46. Six
  47. Seven
  48. Eight
  49. Nine
  50. Ten
  51. Eleven
  52. Twelve
  53. Thirteen
  54. Fourteen
  55. Fifteen
  56. Sixteen
  57. Seventeen
  58. Eighteen
  59. Nineteen
  60. Twenty
  61. Twenty-one
  62. Twenty-two
  63. A Christmas Date
  64. One
  65. Two
  66. Three
  67. Four
  68. Five
  69. Six
  70. Seven
  71. Eight
  72. Nine
  73. Ten
  74. Eleven
  75. Twelve
  76. Thirteen
  77. Fourteen
  78. Fifteen
  79. Sixteen
  80. Seventeen
  81. Eighteen
  82. Nineteen
  83. Twenty
  84. Twenty-one
  85. Twenty-two
  86. Note from the Author
  87. Sneak Peek – To the Stars and Back
  88. Two
  89. Three
  90. Four
  91. Also by Camilla Isley
  92. About the Author

After five minutes or an hour, I can’t tell, Jake pulls back and buries his head into my neck. “So what now? What was your grand plan after you stole the groom?”

“I didn’t plan ahead,” I confess. “I’m not very equipped, to be honest. I don’t have a car, money, or any clothes. They’re all scattered down the moat, and bouncer guy is probably feeding them to the pigs.”

Jake roars with laughter. “I forgot how crazy life could get with you. How about I take you to dinner?”

“Dinner?”

“Yeah, you have to eat, right? We can start simple and figure out the rest as we go.”

He’s more right than he knows—the last thing I ate were the tortilla chips at the airport. I could never stomach airplane meals. I’m surprised I haven’t passed out yet.

“Still talking in your head?” Jake asks.

“Yes. No. I mean, I’d love to go to dinner with you.”

He takes my hand and guides me outside the castle into a new life.

Six

Honeymoon

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Saturday, June 10—Cabo San Lucas, Mexico

I pick up the bottle of complimentary champagne from the floor and take a swig. I’m with Amelia in her honeymoon suite in Mexico, and we’ve been sitting on the floor at the foot of the bed drinking champagne since we got here.

“He’s married,” I say, staring into space. “Jake’s married. I can’t believe it.”

“I’m not married.” Amelia takes the bottle from me and gulps down the bubbly as if it were water. “Gosh, I’m such a cliché,” she adds when she’s done drinking. “How pathetic, going on my honeymoon with my best friend after I was dumped at the altar.”

“Ah, well. Technically, you left him at the altar. And at least, in this case, your best friend’s just as heartbroken as you are.”

“Were you really going to bust Jake’s wedding?”

“Yeah, I would have. You know, if I hadn’t met…”

“My ex-fiancé’s mistress.” Amelia finishes the phrase for me.

“Yeah, her. You really had no clue something was up with William? Not an inkling?”

“To be honest, this past year I’ve been so busy planning the wedding I wouldn’t have noticed a pink elephant sitting in my living room, bellowing. You know what the worst part is?”

“You’ll have to change your Facebook relationship status to ‘it’s complicated’?”

“No.” She chortles. “To tell the truth, I’m more disappointed my perfect wedding got ruined. I’m more depressed I’m no longer a bride. It’s more saddening than not being William’s wife. I keep thinking no one will see the butterflies released.”

“Butterflies?”