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But it wasn’t real

And it wasn’t a dream

This right here was a nightmare

He’d stopped byenjoyable or sweet about it

I handed ten dollars to the bar back around I couldn’t believe this was going this badly Not that the night was—no, the night itself was going perfectly fine

The rehearsal dinner had gone off without a hitch,up as much time as she could with her fiancé, Spencer, before they were split up tonight ahead of the wedding They were being stopped every few steps, and I swore May was about to step in and whisk them off somewhere for a moment

To su exactly as well as you’d expect it to

Except that ht… wasn’t

I couldn’t believe I’d been roped into this I know, I know, I’d said it a thousand times, but seriously If it weren’t for Sebastian, I’d be at hoht now In bed With my book and my snacks

That was how a Friday night should be spent

Instead I was here in a black, long-sleeved dress with a scooping neckline and high heels pretending I was Sebastian’s girlfriend

All the women in the world, and here I was

Why couldn’t he have paid someone to do this? It wasn’t like he didn’t have the money

“I’ on the bar next to me He dipped his head so his ainst ue, it’ll only ruin Kate’s night”

I glanced at hiht, and for the record, I didn’t think he was any happier about this than I was I did understand what he was saying, though, and I wasn’t about to be the brat who ruined his sister’s wedding

“I know that,” I said, softening a little bit “But does your mom realize what a situation this puts us in? And that’s before you consider the fact that you’re fa to kill you”

He sighed and motioned for another beer “No, I don’t think she does realize it I think she’s just going with the motions because it’s easier for her She doesn’t often think about other people when she’s in one of these moods”