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Chapter One

Bella Edwards had to be the most disloyal friend ever How else could she explain the idiotic need to introduce herself to the h she really wasn’t breaking any best friend rules, or going after a man Daisy had dated

Bella shook her head Reason away all she wanted, but in the end, only a disloyal friend would conte after the best friend of the man who had broken her best friend’s heart

Plain and siht process

She sighed, and then looked around for Daisy She alking across the beautifully decorated backyard, with a serving tray in one hand She looked beautiful, sad, and slightly green

The poor thing

Striding to her, she intercepted Daisy at the back door to the house

“You doing okay?” Isabella asked “Not overdoing yourself? Are you drinking enough water?”

Daisy gave her a patented stop-being-so-overbearing look “I’ on me”

Bella narrowed her eyes, not believing the fine pronounceood Instead, she handed Daisy her glass of ice water, then crossed her arms and tapped her foot

This ti way, and drank every last bit down

“There,” Daisy said “Anything else, Dr Edwards?”

“For you to sit down fora hundredstarted Now, that the reception was in full swing, she’d revved up the speed to two hundred, at least All because the man, as the source of her best friend’sin search of his princess

Stupid man

Actually, stupid men Every last one of the run off with his own stepas It had been all over the news

No She wouldn’t think of that lying, no-good bastard Peter She didn’t care if her thoughts were not very Christian-like or kind She couldn’t forgive hiht now, because she still wasn’t over his betrayal

“I’,” Daisy pointed out

“Just wait until the

“Because you’ve experienced it how many times?”

Nice, Daisy, she wanted to snap Then again, didn’t her best friend believe that she, Isabella Edwards, daughter of Pastor John Edwards, was as pure as the driven snow? That she was saving herself forbad happen to her, until a few o?

So instead of snapping for no good reason, Bella rolled her eyes and s so pushy, but are you sure you’re okay—emotionally, I mean?” Really, no matter what had happened to her in the past, she couldn’t stand seeing Daisy hurt At all She loved her best friend , and she only wanted the best for her And if the best included stabbing the dunant, then she’d be all over that

Daisy started talking again, but Bella listened with half an ear because he was staring Lia his osh, she couldn’t be doing this She shouldn’t be doing this, no aze was

Daisy’s gaze bounced froain Bella flushed

Stay calh interest in her voice so she wouldn’t be entirely deceptive She knew exactly who he was