Who was I kidding?
I doubted a lifetime was gonna be enough to get over him.
He’d ruined me. I didn’t want any other man. Ever.
What was the point when I knew they’d never even begin to compare?
My jaw dropped again when I spotted D.D. Desire seated near the front.Holy macaroni. I knew she’d RSVP’d to say she was coming, but I didn’t actually believe that my favourite author would be here. Hopefully if I got to meet her later, I wouldn’t make an idiot of myself by fangirling too hard. Unlikely, though. I’d wanted to meet her for so long that I knew I’d have zero cool.
The sound of the most beautiful singing voice echoed around the hall and Jess’s head spun around. Jake appeared from where he was hiding behind a bookshelf, strumming his guitar.And when Jess spotted him walking towards the book arch, she squealed.
‘Oh my God! Sarah! Look! It’s fucking Jake Myers!’ she shouted.
‘Language!’ scolded Mrs Templeman, one of the elderly residents.
‘Sorry! But look! Did you know about this?’ Jess turned to face me.
‘Yep!’
‘This is amazing!’
It was. And it was also my cue to deliver Jess to Theo.
As Jake sang his version of Ed Sheeran and Stormzy’s ‘Shape of You’, complete with Stormzy’s rap, which was pretty impressive, Jess and I danced down the aisle. She even stopped midway to do a little booty shake.
That was Jess all over. She was never gonna sashay like a prim princess. She always kept it real.
Theo burst out laughing, then beamed with joy as he admired his beautiful bride shimmying towards him.
Then as Jess got closer, Theo also started swinging his hips in time to the music, then opened his arms out to greet her before dipping her backwards and snogging her right in front of the guests, who cheered with delight.
‘Er…’ Edwin cleared his throat dramatically. ‘We haven’t quite got tothatpart yet.’
Everyone erupted into laughter.
This wedding was already brilliant and it hadn’t even started properly yet.
Now that I’d safely delivered Jess to Theo, it was time to sit down.
But when I looked at the seat that was originally reserved for me, Glenda was already in my place.
The only empty chair was on the other side.
Next to Ben.
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Reluctantly, I headed over to the empty chair and sat down.
‘Hi. You look beautiful,’ Ben said and my traitorous stomach flipped.
‘Thanks. Are you okay?’ I said, deliberately not looking at him.
I couldn’t. If I did, I’d melt into a puddle on the floor.
Turned out I didn’t have to look at him to be affected though, as his scent surrounded me and I groaned internally at how good he smelt.
