The mayor tried to ruin me at the altar—until the pastor spoke a single name that brought the entire ceremony to a halt

are you doing—”

“Shut your mouth, Julian!” Evelyn snapped, not even looking at him. She pointed a trembling, manicured finger at me. “Do not say a word. You have no idea what this woman is. You have no idea what I just found out.”

I pushed myself onto one elbow, ears ringing, a warm trickle of blood running down my jaw where her ring had cut me. I curled continue reading …