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Alexander came with me to Vera Wang to try on wedding dresses, but he was on his iPhone the entire time.
I asked him, "How does this one look?"
He mumbled distractedly, "It's nice."
"And this one?"
"It's fine. Suits you."
I let the lace veil fall from my hands and said nothing.
It wasn't until he received a kissy-face emoji from his assistant, Madison, that he left without a second thought.
I said as he walked away, "Come home early tonight. I have some good news to tell you."
He never had the patience to listen, until the day I told him:
"Congratulations. The groom is not you.”

I Became His Brother’s Bride

With an amused smile, I opened the nightstand and tossed a crisp Dean & DeLuca gift bag to Alexander.


“Even though you were far away in Paris and couldn’t make it to the wedding yesterday, Nicholas, out of respect for your bond as brothers, specifically asked me to set aside a wedding gift for you.”


“I remember Madison has quite a sweet tooth. You can take this back for her. Maybe some of our happiness will rub off.”


His eyes landed on the gift bag, seeing my name and Nicholas’s printed on it.


Alexander threw the gift aside and sneered in disbelief.


“Just because I postponed the wedding for work, because I didn’t marry you on time, you threw away our fifteen years together and married another man?


Blair, don’t you realize how childish and ridiculous this act of revenge is?”


Hearing the word "revenge," I couldn’t help but laugh out loud.


“Alex, you’re giving yourself way too much credit.


Chapter 7