The Convenient Vow

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t tighten

down. In four days, things would finally calm down. In four days, she would walk down an aisle toward the

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amen, corrected her drafting lines, and stood beside her when they signed the lease on Hale & Co

away, and she wanted to see Vanessa's face when she walked in. She wanted t

h the hem. "You're wearin

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the street, past the bakery, past the florist who waved through the glass. She was laughing at herself by the time she

. The receptionist's desk sat empty, w

f the hall was closed. Light

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