Chapter 266

Everyone agreed she was stunning. The dress, the veil, the diamond sparkling in her tiara, her earrings, and her necklace—everything was perfect. Dashiell stood at the altar and watched as Sloane Poliquin walked down the aisle, but in his mind’s eye, he was seeing another face. On the front pew, Miriam was teary-eyed and swelling with pride. Finally, her son was getting married, for real this time. The one-year deal they’d struck had finally come to an end, and since he couldn’t even find Elodie, how could Dashiell still claim he had a chance with her? Sloane proposed to Dashiell, and the wedding was scheduled for a month after their engagement. ‘It’s okay,’ she’d told him when he said he might never love her. ‘I’ll do my part as Mrs Kellan. We’ll keep up appearances. As long as you don’t make out with another woman in public, you can keep as many girlfriends and mistresses as you like. Just make sure it’s me on your arm at formal functions and important parties.’ ‘Beloved family and c