CHAPTER 244 In the Right Place

  SOUNDTRACK: “Break Your Fall” by UNSECRET and Marc Scibilia.

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  ~ NATALIE ~

  “This is stupid and… and indulgent and it doesn’t matter! I should never have agreed to this. It’s nothing but a dumb, human tradition and… it means nothing. I’m not doing it.”

  I stood in the bedroom that we’d made into a bridal suite—complete with three-way mirror—and folded my arms. I’d been staring at myself and all I could see were the imperfections. Tessa had done a beautiful job on my make up, but everything else just felt… sticky.

  My dress was a touch too tight around my breasts.

  There were too many people here and they were all going to be staring.

  I could feel Mack out there panting with nerves, but what if he didn’t like the dress? I should have shown it to him! Why had I let Cara talk me into all this traditional nonsense?