faction she couldn' t quite hide in her eyes. Th

ends don' t show up to an engagement party claiming to

fake shock, and her low

ispered, tears welling up. "I was scare

er ultimate weapon. "Alex, I... I didn' t m

just like i

ed with anger, all o

le, and I helped her. What is wrong with you? Why do you a

to. They just sounded hollow and unfair. He was standing t

me on stage, Alex. At our engagement party. You disappeared into a room wit

frustration mounting. He was used to

orting to the tactic he always u

an emergency. We can talk about this later. Let' s just ge

apology. The same cycle I h

niel, with the solid weight of the Sterling heirloom on

ex straight

x," I said, my voice steady

g him the ring Daniel had

ment is off.