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Chapter 22: The Bride Walks Out

Braden's wedding was in the Crystal Room at two o'clock, and by one-thirty every seat on the bride's side was full.

The bride's father had hired a string quartet and a florist from Philadelphia.

The white roses on the altar were the size of dinner plates.

Hazel stood beside me in the back row in a sage-green dress she had sewn herself over a single weekend.

Her hand was in mine, and her palm was sweating.

"You don't have to do this," she whispered.

"I know."

"Then why are you wearing that dress?"

I was wearing the black crepe from the cocktail hour, with the long slit up one side and the neckline cut to show my collarbones.

"Because it's mine," I said. "And because they can all see me in it."

Silvio sat on my other side in a dark suit.

His arm lay along the back of the pew, his hand resting near my shoulder.

He hadn't said a word since we came through the doors.

He didn't need to.

At the front, Braden stood at the altar in a grey morning coat with a white carnation pinned to his lapel.

The rest of this chapter is part of the paid portion of the series. Chapters 1–12 of Curvy Bride Claimed by the Mafia Don: He Made the Men Who Laughed at Her Kneel are free to read — start from the beginning, then unlock the rest with coins in the app.

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