Save the Date(s)

Summary

It was my birthday, and my boyfriend, Dexter Prescott, chose that day to publicly announce his engagement to someone else, right there in front of the entire company.

I didn't cry. I didn't make a scene. I simply sought him out, hoping for an explanation.

But what I found instead was a conversation between him and his friend. “Aren’t you worried Alice will be furious about this?” his friend asked.

“I have no choice,” Dexter replied, his voice laced with a strange mix of resignation and righteousness. “If I don’t marry Chloe, her family will marry her off to some stranger.