Engagement Wine, Closing the Bank of Elara

Chapter 1

It was our engagement party.

The woman my fiancé had pined for years, Clementine Miller, looked him dead in the eye. "If I crashed this party right now, would you leave with me?" she asked.

Beckett Hayes didn't even hesitate. His eyes were rimmed with red as he whispered, "I would."

The ballroom fell into a suffocating silence. Everyone expected me to flip the tables and scream.

Instead, I stood up and started clapping. "Go ahead then. I won't stand in the way of true love!"

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