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Dan shifted in his seat to turn towards her He was surprised to find himself honestly interested in the answer Partly because he was syht—it was never fun to run into an ex, which was one of the reasons he avoided celebrity parties these days unless he could be sure Cassie wouldn’t be there—and partly because he couldn’t understand why Melissa would invite her half-sister’s ex-fiancé to her wedding Old family friends or not, that was a level of harsh not usually seen in normal people
Which only made him more concerned for Riley
Laurel sighed, and there was a world of feeling in the sound as her shoulders slumped
‘Oh, the usual, I suppose I thought everything was perfect We were going to get et the fairytale ending and everything’ She looked up andthat he did understand what a fairytale was
‘Oh, I understand,’ he said, with feeling Hadn’t that been what he’d thought would be his by rights when he said ‘I do’ to Cassie? Look horong he’d been about that
‘But then it turned out that he wanted the fairytale with so up into a half-ss just don’t work out’
‘You seeuine about it’
‘Well, it’s been six months,’ Laurel answered ‘Melissa says I should be well over it by now I ht?’
Six months? Sixhis way through most of LA’s less salubrious bars He probably still would be if his business partner hadn’t hauled hi
Making a huge financial and professional success of Black Ops Stunts wasn’t just a personal win It was revenge against the ex-ho’d always said he’d never be worth anything
‘People get over things in their oay and their own ti to focus on the week in front of him, not the life he’d left behind
‘The hardest part was telling ain ‘II’d done right in my father’s eyes since I was about fifteen Even my stepmother was pleased Benjamin was—is, I suppose—quite the catch in her book Rich, well-known, char sood to be true’
‘So, what are you going to do now?’ Dan asked
Laurel took a deep breath and put on a brave smile that didn’t convince him for a moment
‘I’ve sworn offto focus on my business and on myself for a while And then, when I’ain But this ti—the whole fairytale—before I let myself fall’