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Chelsey
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“Well, that was awkward,” I said to Slade after everyone left us but Melody.
“Sorry to drop that bomb,” he said in a low voice. “I really don’t know why I told her that.”
Melody’s face fell. “Oh, my God. You guys aren’t really getting married?”
I stared at her in disbelief. “Seriously? Do you really think I’d marry someone I only met a couple of days ago?”
She looked at Slade and then back to me. “But, I just thought that under the circumstances...”
“That what? We’d fallen madly in love with each other?” he asked, smiling.
“Maybe. I don’t know,” she said, sounding hurt.
“The circumstances do suck, but I wouldn’t resort to marrying someone just because of it,” I said. “And... come on... why would Slade want to get married when he’s...”
“He’s what?” asked Slade
