A month before the wedding, Cole thought the wedding photos I picked were too tacky, so he called a bunch of his fraternity brothers over to rate them.
My favorite candid shot, a four.
The hair and makeup I spent three hours on, a five.
The rare eights were either because my hairstyle looked like Sienna’s, or my makeup did.
Finally, Trent projected a photo of Sienna next to mine on the big screen. “On the left is your girlfriend. On the right is the girl every guy in the fraternity wanted—the one you chased for two years and never won over. If you had to choose again, who would you pick?”
The whole room erupted in laughter.
Cole only laughed and cursed at him. “Screw off.”
Sienna sat in the very back, taking a slow sip of her drink. “Stop messing around. Nora will get upset.”
His brothers laughed even louder. “Why would she be upset? She’s the one marrying Cole in the end, isn’t she?”
I didn’t argue. I just looked down and sent a message to my wedding planner.
“I signed all the contracts, and I paid for everything with my card. If I cancel now, can I cut my losses?”
Less than a minute later, a reply came through.
“Nora, if you cancel before ten tomorrow morning, you’ll only lose the deposits.”
His Wedding My Exit Chapter 13 On the day of our wedding, the photographer showed us the shots he’d just taken. In one of them, I was smiling with my face turned slightly to the left, and the faint scar at the tail of my eyebrow, from a childhood fall, was still there. Elliot leaned
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His Wedding My Exit Chapter 12 My ride pulled up right then, and I opened the car door. He asked, out of nowhere, “If I’d made them shut off the big screen in the living room that day, would things have turned out different?” I thought about it for two seconds. “Maybe.” At the very
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His Wedding My Exit Chapter 11 Six months later, the first phase of the Dallas expansion wrapped up. The company set up a Southwest regional department. I was promoted to regional operations manager, and I put in to stay on there myself. The day I moved into my new apartment, my mom came over to
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His Wedding My Exit Chapter 10 On the day the wedding was supposed to happen, I was in Dallas for a project signing. At 9:00 AM, Hayden sent a message. “I rebooked the hotel.” “The relatives are all here.” “If you come back now, there’s still time.” I didn’t reply. Ten minutes later, another message.
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His Wedding My Exit Chapter 09 With the original wedding date two weeks off, Hayden finally called me from a number I didn’t recognize. I picked up. His first words were, “Where did you go?” “Dallas.” “For how long?” “Six months.” The anxiety in his voice was obvious now. “What about the wedding?” “It’s canceled.”
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His Wedding My Exit Chapter 08 There was a note of surprise in her voice. “You know?” “If you really wanted to be with him, you would have said yes ten years ago. You wouldn’t have waited until right before his wedding just to rub it in my face.” She went completely quiet. I asked,
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His Wedding My Exit Chapter 07 After landing in Dallas, I was so slammed I barely had a spare moment to nurse the heartbreak. I had meetings the day I arrived. I was out on sites the second day. On the third, I worked through the plans with the suppliers until dawn. In the past,
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His Wedding My Exit Chapter 06 When I got to my parents’ house, my mom was in the kitchen making soup. Seeing me come in with my suitcase, she asked only one thing. “Not getting married anymore?” “Yeah.” “Thought it through?” “Thought it through.” She nodded. “Wash your hands. The soup is almost ready.” Partway
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His Wedding My Exit Chapter 05 He didn’t see it until 5:12 PM. I was in a meeting then. The first call came through. I hung up. The second. The third. By the fifth, I got up and stepped into the hallway. The instant I answered, his voice slammed through. “Did you really cancel the
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His Wedding My Exit Chapter 04 Adele left first. The moment the door shut, Hayden’s face went dark. “What did you mean by what you just said?” “Exactly what I said.” “You’re going to cancel the wedding?” “I’m considering it.” He acted like he’d just heard a joke. “Over these things?” “Which things?” “The wedding
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