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She wasn’t far froe, but with so round music and rumble from the crowd

I cupped my hands around my mouth “Zara”

She paused for a second looking up and around, but not behind her

Once again, I cupped h the room and every head whipped around in my direction The mic beside me now live and cranked up to eleven

“Sorry,” I said into the ratulations to…” I looked behind me at the custoe as wonderful as this wedding Your dress looks aed fro “But I need to talk to that woman”

“Is that Leo Wilder?” soe with aze locked onto the woman who’d haunted every dream I’d had since she’d walked away from me

Zara’s face cycled through at least five emotions Surprise, e onon unbridled anger She jolted when I hit the floor, setting the glasses on her tray wobbling

My forwarddeep into h theht of her

Three steps fro into, I reached her My fingers slipped around her elbow, stopping her escape

“Zara—”

“I’ her arrasp

“Three minutes That’s all I need”

“I have a fifteen-minute break in three hours” Her eyes blazed with fiery fury but beneath it, the hurt radiated like a throbbing tooth

“You can take a few , isn’t it?” I plucked a glass froram on nearly every surface

“No, we’re specifically told not to speak to any of the guests and to be as invisible as possible throughout the evening