But I'm not imagining it. That’s for damn sure.
It's simple beauty. Gold band. A few delicate gems lined up in the center.
Am I dreaming?
Am I still engaged to Charlie Pratt and fantasizing about what'll happen when I finally get the courage to break it off?
No. No daydream would leave me feeling this crappy, this confused.
I’m not in my bathroom back in Scottsdale. I’m in Reno. Showering in Martha Walsh’s apartment while she’s in Washington helping her granddaughter, who just had a baby.
You're hallucinating, I tell myself.
It's probably the dehydration or the waning headache or the adrenaline hangover I've had since getting home. I lick my lips, count to three, and open my eyes.
What the what?! It’s not just one ring. It’s two!
An engagement ring with a very large emerald surrounded by several small diamonds. Nothing at all like the glittery designer name I’ve worn for the past year. The etched wedding band has emeralds and diamonds on it, too.
They're both gorgeous. Flipping gorgeous.
Another image flashes in my head, so ridiculous it sends me jumping out of the shower.
I think...oh, God...it's Elvis, isn't it?
Yup. Elvis. Alive and well.
The King himself. Dressed as a preacher.
Or maybe a preacher dressed as Elvis?
Naked and wet, I run to the living room, grabbing my purse. Zipping it open, I dump the contents on the sofa and start pawing through the pile.
My cell phone, hair brush, and trinkets fall onto the cushion, along with a shower of cash, and then, a single folded sheet of paper flutters out. It'd been jammed into the very bottom.
Somehow, just looking at it, I know. And I'm already hyperventilating a little before it's readable.
State of Nevada Certificate of Marriage, it reads.
Mindy Marie Austin to Noah Allen Bernard.
“It can't be!” I whisper, on the verge of passing out. “I’m...I'm married?”
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About Nicole Snow
Nicole Snow is a Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestselling author. She found her love of writing by hashing out love scenes on lunch breaks and plotting her great escape from boardrooms. Her work roared onto the indie romance scene in 2014 with her Grizzlies MC series.
Since then Snow aims for the very best in growly, heart-of-gold alpha heroes, unbelievable suspense, and swoon storms aplenty.
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More Books by Nicole
Stand Alone Novels
Accidental Hero
Accidental Protector
Cinderella Undone
Man Enough
Prince With Benefits
Marry Me Again
Love Scars
Recklessly His
Stepbrother UnSEALed
Stepbrother Charming
Enguard Protectors Books
Still Not Over You
Still Not Into You
Still Not Yours
Baby Fever Books
Baby Fever Bride
Baby Fever Promise
Baby Fever Secrets
Only Pretend Books
Fiance on Paper
One Night Bride
Grizzlies MC Books
Outlaw’s Obsession
Outlaw’s Bride
Outlaw’s Vow
Deadly Pistols MC Books
Never Love an Outlaw
Never Kiss an Outlaw
Never Have an Outlaw’s Baby
Never Wed an Outlaw
Prairie Devils MC Books
Outlaw Kind of Love
Nomad Kind of Love
Savage Kind of Love
Wicked Kind of Love
Bitter Kind of Love