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“What are you doing here?” Ella asked as Dylan made himself at home on the couch.
“I was in town for some work stuff, and I knew you would be here. I just wanted to come say congrats.”
I looked at a few of the other girls, all of whom were happily married, and each of whom were drooling over Dylan. Sure, I guess he was attractive, if you were into alpha male, arrogant, rockstars, which I definitely was not.
“I’m going to check on the limo,” I said to no one in particular.
“I thought you already did that.” Ashley said, without taking her eyes off Dylan.
I let out a long sigh and left the suite without another word.
I was gone for less than ten minutes, but when I returned to the suite, I could already tell that Dylan had ruined the entire weekend I had spent months planning. Ella stood from the couch as soon as I reentered the suite, and she pulled me aside into one of the bedrooms.
“Grace,” she said quietly.
I raised an eyebrow at her.
“I know you already had plans arranged, but Dylan just told me he’s putting on a private concert for us tonight,” she said.
I chewed my bottom lip. She wasn’t asking me if it was okay. She was telling me that this was the new plan. I tried to swallow my anger. It was supposed to be a weekend all about Ella, so if this is what she wanted to do, then I would support it.
“Wow,” I said, hoping that she couldn’t sense my disappointment. “That’s so sweet of him. Where is it at? I’ll let our driver know that we’ve had a change of plans.”
“You are the best!” Ella said, squeezing my shoulders, “I’ll go get all the details from Dylan.”
I smiled at her as she ran out of the room, but I didn’t follow her. I flopped down onto the bed, wondering how I was going to make it through the night. I liked Dylan’s music, but I certainly didn’t like him. How could someone just swoop in and ruin all of my plans like that? He was a selfish, arrogant, asshole I wanted nothing to do with.
When the living room started to get quiet, I realized everyone was probably heading downstairs towards the limo. I took a deep breath and got up from the bed. I grabbed my purse and followed them to the elevator. I plastered on my most excited smile. By the looks of it, I was the only one who was disappointed in the change of plans, which only made my disappointment that much stronger.
2
DYLAN
“Ladies, I am so glad you all could join me tonight,” I said as Ella and her gaggle of bridesmaids piled out of their limo.
I was waiting for them at the stage door at my favorite venue in Miami. It was a small venue, but it was the perfect setting for a private concert. I had my team ensure that the bar was fully staffed and stocked, and that my little sister was going to have the best night of her life.
“Dylan, you are amazing,” one of the girls said to me as she walked inside.
I smiled at her, feeling just a twinge of guilt that I didn’t know a single one of their names. Well, except for Grace. She was impossible to forget. Though we hadn’t officially met, I had seen her in enough of Ella’s social media posts to recognize her. And maybe I had spent a little bit of time looking through her posts. But I would never reveal that to anyone as long as I lived.
I looked around the group of girls for Grace’s unmistakable blue eyes, but I couldn’t find them anywhere. The limo driver was still standing at the door, as if he was waiting for someone else to get out.
I walked over to the open door and peered inside. Grace’s eyes were glued to her phone in her hand. It took a moment before she noticed me, but when she finally realized someone was watching her, she nearly fell off the seat.
“Didn’t mean to startle you,” I said with a smirk.
She rolled her eyes at me and looked back down at her phone.
“So, what? You’re just going to be pissed at me all night?” I asked.
“What makes you think I’m pissed?”
“The furrowed brow, the aggressive texting, and the scowl.”
Grace scoffed at me, but I knew she had no argument against my accusation.
“What do you want?” she finally asked after ignoring me for a full minute.
