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Chapter Thirty-Seven

Author: K.I. LYNN
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OUR HAPPINESS

 

I STOOD IN THE KITCHEN with my hands wrapped around Julia’s as she breathed hard and fast.

“Calm down. Let’s pretend for this week that I’m Julia, and you’re Weston.”

With only days left until her wedding, Julia was going into full panic mode. In her workaholic wisdom, she decided to work until the day before the wedding, juggling her demanding job and last minute wedding details. Which left me sitting next to her on the kitchen island trying to calm her down before I needed to rush her to the hospital.

She quirked her brow at me, her chest expanding, struggling to take in a deep breath. “Wren, I can’t do that.”

I smirked at her. “You’re a bit of a control freak, you know?”

Tears filled her eyes. “I have to be.”

I nodded in agreement. “Yes, but this week it’s different. Let me be your wedding assistant.”

She shook her head. “It’s too much.” Her breaths began to slow, letting her take in a little more air with each inhale.

Gently, I pushed some loose stran
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