Chapter 305

[Clark]

I ease my way into the room and close it behind us. She says something cocky about not being Mrs. Steele yet, and I smile. If she's joking with me, it's a good sign that she's halfway to forgiving me.

"How can I make this up to you?" I place my hands on her shoulders, squeezing gently. "How can I make this better?"

"You can't," she huffs, defiant. "You ruined my wedding day." Her lip trembles and I want to kiss away her pain, but I know she'd rather be heard now than seduced. "No, that's not exactly right or fair. Magnus ruined it. Again. That bastard ruins everything."

I pull her into my arms and hold her to my chest. "We can still have a beautiful day. So what if the press won't care? Maybe that's for the best. I should have never tried to turn our wedding into a press opportunity in the first place."

"Press opportunity?" she huffs, "You mean publicity stunt."

I twist my lips but do not correct her. There's no use when she's in this kind of mood.

"So what are you going to d