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Chase had glimpsedKatie in the church, sitting eight pews in front of him.At first, he wasn’t sure, having only seen the back of her hair.But he kept watching—the tilt of her head, her profile as she turned to talk to the woman sitting beside her—and caught a drift of her laughter as it wafted in the church’s lofty interior.It had a familiar ring.He knew in his heart it was Katie.
After the ceremony, the wedding guests went to the restaurant for the reception.Chase stayed back, watching Katie and her family enter the restaurant and chat with the newlyweds.
Chase followed, stopping by the head table graced with an eye-catching centerpiece to congratulate the couple.He couldn’t resist teasing them about how they’d met in this restaurant when Ryan had taken an extra shift that weekend, and if it hadn’t been for that, he wouldn’t have been working that Saturday when Laurie came in with her family.
It was Laurie who gave Chase a slight push and gestured to the table where Katie and her family sat.“Go on.”
Chase made a funny, exaggerated face and put his palms together in a plea.
“Do I have to?”
She giggled.“My wedding, your date.”
He rubbed his palms together, the sweat clinging to his hands.
“It’s been… how long?”Laurie asked.
“Ten years.”
“You haven’t talked to or seen each other since?”
Chase shook his head from side to side.“No.”
“Aren’t you curious?”
“You know what happened… how we broke up.”Chase paced his words.He’d made no attempt to contact Katie all these years, nor had she reached out to him.What he’d once felt for her had cooled.The desire in his heart was for revenge—for breaking his heart.
Laurie wrinkled her brow.“I didn’t mean to butt in.I thought I was helping.”
“Well, cousin, I’m finally over her.Took me years.”Chase tightened his lips as a grim look took over his face.
“I told her you’d be her plus one.”Laurie smiled coaxingly.“Don’t make a liar out of me.”
Chase leaned down to kiss her cheek.“You have my word.”
