“Maybe I should have said something sooner, but…I couldn’t. I thought I was doing the right thing,” Daniel explained, his eyes never leaving Tracy’s. “You are the only person in this world who makes everything right, and I know the timing of this really isn’t ideal…”
Did everyone think it was appropriate to bring their feelings up today??
“But I wanted you to know – needed you to know – before you said I do to another man, that…well…I would love the chance to prove to you how perfect we can be together.”
Next thing Elliott knew, he was stepping aside and watching his fiancé kiss her BFF.
This cannot be my life!
As he stood there stunned, he wondered just what exactly he was supposed to do–should he break them apart? Yell? Scream? Just what is the appropriate reaction to having your wedding hijacked in such a dramatic fashion?
Before he could figure it out, Tracy and Daniel looked at him. “Elliott, I’m sorry, man. I really thought I’d be okay with this,” Daniel said and, dammit, he sounded sincere.
“Me, too,” Tracy said. “I’m so sorry, but…I always hoped one day Daniel would feel for me what I felt for him. I just thought it wasn’t meant to be.” And then she had the nerve to smile at him.
A pitying smile.
“I never wanted to hurt you; you have to believe me. But…this is something I have to do, Elliott. I hope you understand.”
His mouth was moving–he knew it was–and yet no words came out, and in the blink of an eye, the happy couple was running up the aisle and away from him.
You could have heard a pin drop in the room.
A hand on his shoulder reminded him that he was indeed awake–that this wasn’t some sort of crazy dream or a nightmare.
This was his life.
“El, man," Tyler began. “I don’t even know what to say.”
That made two of them.
Wordlessly, the two of them walked back to the very room they had stood in just moments ago while the throngs of people left–no doubt wondering what they were all supposed to do.
Collapsing in the first chair he spotted, Elliott pulled his tie loose and let out a long breath. He had no idea if he was angry, sad, or simply confused. The only thing he did know what that he was numb. Letting his head fall back, he closed his eyes and just tried to focus on breathing and embracing the silence. Maybe if he could just have a few minutes to try to make sense out of this disaster, he’d start to feel a little better.
Or at least like he could breathe.
Sadly, the silence didn’t last long because it seemed like his entire family had followed him and instead of wrapping him in their arms and telling him how sorry they were, they sort of surrounded him and waited for him to straighten in his seat.
“Um…”
“Elliott,” his father said somberly, authoritatively, “it’s time we had the talk.”
Great. Just what he needed right now.
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About Samantha Chase
Samantha Chase is a New York Times and USA Today bestseller of contemporary romance that’s hotter than sweet, sweeter than hot. She released her debut novel in 2011 and currently has more than seventy titles under her belt – including THE CHRISTMAS COTTAGE which was a Hallmark Christmas movie in 2017! She’s a Disney enthusiast who still happily listens to 80’s rock. When she’s not working on a new story, she spends her time reading romances, playing way too many games of Solitaire on Facebook, wearing a tiara while playing with her sassy pug Maylene…oh, and spending time with her husband of 30 years and their two sons in Wake Forest, North Carolina.
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