One Hundred Failed Engagements

1.

This was the 100th engagement party, and Sebastian Brooks left me without a second thought.

Over our seven years together, he had sabotaged the previous 99 ceremonies. He always claimed that because his childhood best friend wasn't married yet, he couldn't betray their pact.

I gripped the ring in my hand, unable to stay silent for the first time in nearly a decade.

"If Josie Miller stays single her whole life, are you going to stay by her side forever?" I asked, my voice trembling.

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