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Apparently, the press release Connor’s PR person had arranged to publish while they were gone had finally circulated and calitimate newspapers That crisis was technically averted, so she didn’t have to deal with flashbulbs in her face every tiot to the point where she jilted Connor and beca villain in the piece

That didn’t mean she was freed from annoyances

Carly and her troop of planners had pretty ed to plead business as a way to avoid s and decisions thrust upon her He had so kindly told her that whatever she wanted was fine with hi her and the assorted ladies present a billion-dollar smile at the sa and hadn’t left her co with joy fro wrap up the arrangements for this farce

On the other hand, she was being well-paid to handle it, so she was trying to view it as just another unpleasant detail necessary to keep Connor’s schedule floithout a hitch Of course, a fake wedding ending with a spectacular jilting at the altar was bound to put a pretty big hitch in his schedule, but she couldn’t think about that at the ht about the reaction she was likely to get after people knehat she had supposedly done to Forh tobeads of sweat to her brow

After the deed was done, her tentative plan was to slip away for at least a week or two, until everything died down, but she didn’t have the luxury of leaving forever, not if she wanted to keep Kevin in the Henderson Center She hadn’t been allowed to visit him yet, but she received daily emails from his support coach, and pictures often acco to his coach, he was settling in fairly well, though she kneould take Kevin a while to acclirate to any extent, if he chose to at all

Knowing he was on his path to settling inhim to a different facility, so she would have to weather the reporters, their ugly coe person if they happened to recognize her It was a daunting prospect, alh with the e

Before she could even h at that idea, she froze instead when she heard Brenda behind her They were viewing a facility, since Connor had given William carte blanche to invite whoht that the , the less likely Connor was to back out, because his guest list was bordering on an absurd one thousand people

She knew about ten of those people personally, and perhaps recognized another twenty-five names from tasks that she had performed for Connor over the last few years as his personal assistant With that in er a practical spot to have the wedding, so yesterday and today was all about exploring other venues that could accoed to weasel her way along, and now, she had elina alone

With a sigh, she turned away fro the Hudson in the distance She didn’t greet the other woman, because she could see the ice in her expression Kitty’s claere finally co out apparently Frankly, she was unsurprised, except perhaps that it had taken this long for Brenda to show her true opinion about Angelina

“You know you aren’t good enough for hiht?”

She barely blinked at the other woain struck by how beautiful she was, but barely fighting back a shiver at the coldness in the other woman’s expression

“Do you hear ood enough for the Blackwell na on his legacy is appalling”

She continued to stare i the other worow as she reh now?”

“No, I’euarantee it”

“Maybe you’re right” She strove to sound disinterested Pointedly, she looked down at her left hand “Of course, I a From what Connor said, apparently Williale, as though that was the funniest thing she’d ever heard

Brenda scowled at her “I’d be a much better wife for Connor than you could ever be”

She shook her head “You’re like a sister to Connor, or at least he thinks that way I think it’s pretty clear whatever feelings you harbor for Connor, they aren’t at all sibling-like, are they?”