๐๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐ถ๐ป ๐น๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐บ๐ ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐บ๐? ๐ก๐ผ ๐๐ฎ๐.
๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ ๐ต๐ถ๐บ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐บ๐ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐บ๐ถ๐น๐โ๐ ๐๐๐ฟ๐๐ด๐ด๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ธ๐ถ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐? ๐ง๐ต๐ฎ๐โ๐ ๐ฎ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐โฆ
Getting hitched is the only way I can inherit Snowberry Lodge, and Iโll do anything to spare my childhood home from the wrecking ballโeven wear Devlin Buckleyโs ring on my finger.
Not that Iโll enjoy it.
Sure, heโs charming and handsome, and that no-last-names one night stand we shared ended with a fantastically big bang (I saw stars I hadnโt seen in six months, if you catch my drift).
But Iโll never trust himโhe was working for the company trying to bulldoze my life.
Right up until the day he knocked on my door with an offer I couldnโt refuse.
Marry him, and heโll help me restore my familyโs crumbling resort to its former gloryโand get revenge on his ex-boss in the process. Once our goals are achieved, weโll go our separate ways.
๐๐โ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐. ๐ฆ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐๐น๐ ๐ฏ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐. ๐ฃ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐น๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐.
๐จ๐ป๐๐ถ๐น ๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ต๐ผ๐ ๐บ๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐ ๐น๐ถ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ป ๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ "๐บ๐ ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ฒ."
Once weโre sharing a last nameโand a bedโour make-believe match starts to feel a little too real.
๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ณ ๐โ๐บ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ณ๐๐น, ๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ ๐น๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ดโฆ ๐บ๐ ๐ต๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ, ๐บ๐ ๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐บ๐, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐บ๐ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐.
Cherry Tree Harbor, #3
11/20/2023