When her fiancé leaves her for her best friend, a heartbroken woman finds an unexpected proposal from another man. As she navigates the fallout of betrayal, a new marriage offers her a chance at love and reclaiming her life.
In Valoran, the town where I grew up, dockside businesses and the criminal intertwined. Local harbor families believed that a couple who boarded their wedding boat together at the appointed time would give their marriage a good start. People around us called out, come on, hurry up, your bride's waiting. But my best friend stopped short. Wait, Derek,
my hem's wet. Derek stopped what he was doing. Vanessa Reed gathered up her skirt and stepped onto the boat. Don't worry, Clara, I'll get my dress dry and come right back down. I won't hold anything up then she spread the layers of her long white dress toward derek help me find the wet spot we don't want to keep clara waiting derek reached over and lifted her hem my mother froze with her
hands on my veil disbelief all over her face why are you worrying about her dress now this is your wedding i looked at him it's 1002 i'm giving this eight more minutes until 10 10. we're not boarding until 10 30. what's the rush watching him hold up my best friend's skirt i smiled i took out my phone and sent someone else a message.
You said you wanted to marry me. You have eight minutes. You're right, there's no rush because you're not the man I'm going to marry.
Derek finally lifted his head, sounding as certain of himself as ever. Clara, stop it. Who else are you gonna marry today?
His friends heard him and immediately started laughing. Is our bride jealous? Vanessa's just using the boat to fix her dress. What's the big deal?
Exactly. Derek's here to pick you up.