My Wedding Was a Fake, So I Claimed My Fortune and a Billionaire novel · Chapter 21 of 24

Chapter 21: The Ballroom Floor

The last guest left at four.

I stood at the double doors of the old cotton exchange hall and watched him go down the staircase with his hat in his hands.

Then I closed the doors and turned the iron key.

It was a big old key.

It made a sound.

The ballroom was empty.

Chairs stood in uneven rows, and champagne flutes stood on every windowsill.

The harbor light came in the tall windows in long bars of gold and lay across the polished floor.

Auden stood at the far end beside the stage, his jacket off, his tie loosened, his sleeves rolled.

He had been waiting.

I walked toward him across the whole length of the room.

My gown whispered over the boards.

My heels clicked in the big quiet.

"You locked it," he said.

"I did."

"The deputies are gone. Marcus is gone. Birdie took Imogen to dinner."

"Good."

"There's nobody left in the building."

"I know."

I stopped in front of him.

I put my hands flat on his chest and felt his heart going.

"I won," I said.

"You did."

"I took back every inch."

"You took back more than that."

"Say it."

"You are the most remarkable woman I've ever met."

"Not that. Say what I am to you."

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