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A few hours later, I’ the seconds until I can take her home

Counting the minutes until I can unwrap her, claim her properly

Chapter Thirteen

Ashlee

Well, if the sight ofwhere I live won’t scare Brandon off I guess nothing will

I still have no idea what he sees in enuine I can tell that much

I’ve been wound up, tricked, and set up so many times by boys and classmates to know just when so me

Brandon is different, and the only tiry is when I tell hi and run aith him

I have responsibilities too, and even though I can’t coot a job to do and people are counting on est day of their lives

Strange to think how just earlier today I was grizzling toan onlooker and never a bride

Well Brandon’s not proposing, but he’s the closest thing I’ll ever get to being happy and knohat it’s like to have a man want me, so I tell myself to enjoy the ride while it lasts

Always ready for the bottos, I just can’t help it

I’ve been hurt so many times I’ve lost count

Tonight’s Italian night, and at his own insistence, Brandon is paying

I’ a decent amount of food It’ll help me work better if I eat properly and I’ll need plenty of rest too if I’onna cope without Cynthia and Mark

“Can we do any of this downstairs?” Brandon finally asks after bu up his phone, and letting me know dinner will be served in twenty minutes

I can work downstairs Mark’s workspace is three tiear I usually only work up here because it feels so different fro at work in the shop all day

He helpsmachine downstairs while I have a bundle of fabrics, lace, and the wedding dress that needs repairing

By the time the food arrives, I’ve set up an area to work froh food for six people on a counter I cleared for hi

We don’t want any more little accidents