Gabriella A laugh bubbled from my throat as I looked around the small bathroom, my body still quaking from my o****m. “This isn't exactly how I imagined my wedding day or its consummation." “I meant what I said. In five months, I'll give you the wedding you deserve." A million thoughts cascaded through my mind, settling on the most important. I'd married Damien. Two weeks ago, I would have called him the devil. Now, we share a last name. Swallowing, I felt the return of the heaviness in my chest. “I feel bad about the people who didn't share our day. Your dad…" I shook my head. “My parents, Charlotte, Hunter, and Kensie." My sister Charlotte. Her husband, Hunter, and their daughter, Kensie. “Niles and Jeremy." More names came to mind. Damien reached for my cheek. “In December, we

