is own feet. "Hold up a second! Do you even know which woma

me to an abrupt stop, his jaw set as his

of glossy hair framed her face, and her plain white dress only made her look softer, almost fragile. She sat with qu

steps separ

ng her with a faint, crooked

ll clueless that her fiancé had dump

his arm and hauled him toward a quieter corner. "Who told you

rned him. "Chaos is kind of my signature. I'm tying the knot today-what's a parade of

ing. "Alright, alright," he blurted out, lowering his voice. "Just ke

ranbu between them, ruling nearly eighty percent of the

to settle down had become suffocating, and nothing delighted him more than t

umiliate the Elliott family in one beautifully cruel man

apped into place with h

wirling around her. When Leo approached, he slipped a hand under her

igure lowered himself into the seat beside her. Broad shoulders brushed the air

ile touche

wasn't Leo. The sce

smirk forming as he took her in. When that soft smile returned and two

before catching himself and e

like nothing, yet she

ward the clerk's desk to fi

tled into the chairs,

le didn't usually drag in an extra comp

r, and ran off a stack of forms. A moment later, he slid th

er knuckles as he eased her fingers toward the signature l

out of her as Khloe tight

no turni

hat paper, she would have

were essentially strange

cked the pen onto the desk with a lazy snap of his wrist. He angled a look tow

cée? The satisfaction was

d again, his voice soft but insistent. "Go on and sign

ost weightless laugh, her t

he guided the pen with steady, deliberate strokes

ched it up with eager hands and slid it into the inner pocket of hi

ne hand buried in his pocket as he

e burst out of him,

n a sheet of paper, yet he acted like he

d back to the petite

her composed expression carrying a faint, lonely quiet

on being hard and unsentiment

pecting woman, a thin thread of

twenty-four hours-Leo's one condition-jus

ad never been good at following rules, much

f his throat, he le

oice dropping into an easy