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A Ruler in Disguise novel · Chapter 16 of 24

Chapter 16: The Wedding That Wasn't

At twenty past six I walked into the church vestry with a bouquet of white peonies, and nobody stopped me.

That was the whole trick.

Six hundred guests were filing in through the front, and one more florist with a box was just scenery.

The guard outside the bridal room was one of the men who had marched Dev toward the door at the rehearsal dinner.

He looked at the flowers, then at my face.

"Mrs. Harlow said no visitors."

"Mrs. Harlow said these were unacceptable, and then she ordered them anyway," I said.

"The bride's bouquet is still on my invoice, and I'm delivering it myself.

"You can call her and tell her I'm here.

"Or you can wait while she explains to the Napiers why the bride has no flowers."

He looked at his watch.

He opened the door.

Imogen stood alone at the window in the lace dress, with her veil pinned and her face as white as the lining.

The rest of this chapter is part of the paid portion of the series. Chapters 1–12 of A Ruler in Disguise are free to read — start from the beginning, then unlock the rest with coins in the app.

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