My engagement party was about to start when Natalie rushed into the lounge, her face pale. Not a single member of the Westbrook family had shown up.
A knot of worry tightened in my chest—had something happened to them?—when Mason’s friend, Tyler, let out a laugh.
“Rebecca, we made a bet a month ago. Mason would pretend to propose, and we’d see if you’d actually fall for it. We never thought you’d not only believe him, but actually book the venue.”
“Guess you were in a real hurry to become Mrs. Westbrook.”
Everyone laughed. Mason Westbrook reached over and ruffled my hair.
“We’re not even married, and you’re already this attached. If we didn’t give you some space to cool off, you might actually start thinking you’re already a Westbrook.”
I turned to Natalie Reed, who was standing off to the side.
“You knew about this?”
Color drained from Natalie’s face, and she immediately looked away.
“Becca, they were just messing around. They didn’t mean to hurt you.”
I shoved Mason’s hand away and sent Julian Cavendish a text.
You told me once that you wanted to be with me. You have half an hour. Come to Beacon House. Get engaged to me.Â
His Fake Proposal Led Me To My Real Husband Chapter 39 After Patricia’s correction was posted, Mason never contacted me again. Tyler kept his apology pinned. Some of the people who had once joined the betting wrote me private letters. Others acted like nothing had happened. I didn’t answer a single one. I didn’t need
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His Fake Proposal Led Me To My Real Husband Chapter 38 “Otherwise, she’d have to admit the person who rejected her wasn’t you, and it wasn’t me. It was the way she handles things.” She paused. “Mason came to see me later.” I didn’t ask what he’d said. But Caroline continued anyway. “He didn’t ask
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His Fake Proposal Led Me To My Real Husband Chapter 37 After Tyler’s compensation came through, I didn’t keep any of it. The portion for my mother was hers to decide what to do with. She held the check in her hand and stared at it for a long time. “I want to donate it
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His Fake Proposal Led Me To My Real Husband Chapter 36 She instinctively tucked them farther into her sleeves. There were still a few shallow paper cuts on her fingertips. “They’re healed.” I thought of myself before the engagement party. My hands had been covered in Band-Aids, too. Natalie looked at me. “I wasn’t trying
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His Fake Proposal Led Me To My Real Husband Chapter 35 The day Natalie came in to make her written statement, Boston saw its first snow of the year. She wore an old gray coat and held the phone that had stored four years of evidence pressed to her chest. We met at the door
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His Fake Proposal Led Me To My Real Husband Chapter 34 He set down the fruit and nodded seriously. “Understood.” That evening after dinner, the lawyer called. “Patricia has also agreed to withdraw her letter, but she refuses to apologize publicly.” “She says she never named you or insulted you online.” “We have the full
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His Fake Proposal Led Me To My Real Husband Chapter 33 The jewelry store said one earring could only be made into something very small. The clerk asked if I wanted to replace the missing one and restore the pair. “No.” “A pendant, then?” “No.” In the end, I had her melt the metal down
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His Fake Proposal Led Me To My Real Husband Chapter 32 In his apology, he admitted the video had been deliberately edited. He also admitted the fake proposal and secret recording had both been planned in the group chat long before they happened. At the end, he shifted the blame back to Mason one last
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His Fake Proposal Led Me To My Real Husband Chapter 31 That argument spread quickly. I wasn’t the one who released it. Tyler posted the full recording on his own account. Patricia’s voice was so sharp it was nearly distorted. “If you had just gotten together with Caroline in the first place, none of this
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His Fake Proposal Led Me To My Real Husband Chapter 30 “I’ve heard everything I needed to.” As I reached the door, she spoke again from behind me. “When your mother used to see me, she could barely string a full sentence together.” I stopped. Patricia thought she’d found a weak spot. A flicker of
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