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Damned whatever he did “I understand I choose Cadence Falstaff”

There was a rumble of excitement, concern Hard to tell Orrin’s displeasure was clear, but then he nodded and called the next name

“Way to raise the suspense,” Rory said “Fun party Kicks off with descriptions of ht over hopes and prayers, and we are the chosen ones into matchmaker roulette”

He looked at Susan who stared straight back, fury on her face What kind of an enemy would she be?

Nain book They watched the procedure, sitting side by side in silence, not touching The way Orrin barely looked at the paper he pulled from the hat, Zeke would bet there were no na

this from a plan and there was little that was random about it It wasn’t a leap to see that Orrin had planned a different outcoe they’d done by not following the script

There were crowd favorite couples who got cheers when they declared for each other Susan was not in one of them She was claia and lost The other person not pleased about that was Orrin

“Cadence will be so uptight,” Rory said They’d both been scanning for her, hoping she’d coo find her”

The group had thinned quickly He had no incentive to move “Orrin wants you to be left here alone The only person unclaimed” Another humiliation

She nodded, bued, escalated It’s ti down” She buain, but this ti her face to his They stared at each other for too long He pulled away first because there was a tissue-thin veneer of restraint stopping hi on to her forever

“Go, find Cadence and make everyone believe you love each other,” she said

That ht be harder than it sounded

He’d hadnot to be in love

Chapter Twenty

Once Zeke went in search of Cadence, Rory considered abandoning the table, but the brute who’d stopped her taking a walk earlier atching She had an inkling that if she tried to leave again, he’d block her and that would be more of a scene