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Chapter 47: The Dress
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The flowers, the cake, and catering--everything was falling into place sooner than Anna expected. Ethan had suggested hiring a wedding planner, but Anna wanted herself and Ethan to do most of the planning for their special day."I want our ceremony to be a part of us, to reflect our tastes completely," she had said."Wedding planners can do that," Ethan had said. "They make all the arrangements and do all the legwork, but they give you choices on all the colors and details.""I know, but I want to do that all myself. I've dreamed of my wedding--our wedding--my entire life. It's only one day, but I can drag out the experience by doing all that legwork myself," she said. "Well, with some help from you," she added, grinning."Well, when you put it that way, I'm in!" he said with a smile.Anna's father had made the grand sacrifice - as he described it - of being the official taster of the Ethan and Anna wedding. That included sampling all the different cake flavor options as well as all th
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The music was playing as Anna and her father started walking out of the room. She knew that Kelly and Rick, arm-in-arm as maid of honor and best man, had already walked almost all the way to the front of the church, and that her cousin's little children, the flower girl and ring bearer, were headed down the aisle now, the little girl dropping rose petals from her basket as she walked slowly forward.Anna rounded the corner, and the wedding march began to play, and all her friends and family, and Ethan's friends and his family, stood to watch her take slow and careful steps over the carpet of petals.She saw the smiles on their faces as she passed, but mostly she was looking straight ahead at Ethan, smiling at her from the altar, the pastor just behind him.Ethan was more handsome than she'd ever seen him, although she didn't know how that was possible. Perhaps it was the glow that radiated from true happiness. He wore a dark grey tuxedo, perfectly tailored. The fine material laid again
My Secret Billionaire Chapter 1: A Quiet Life
"That's beautiful, Carrie."Anna Shelby beamed as her student presented her latest artwork assignment. It was only Anna's second year of teaching after graduating from college not long ago, and she loved all the students in her sixth-grade class.Anna turned 26 last month, and since then she had felt like time was getting away from her. She spent hours dreaming about the future she wished she could have, married to a handsome and caring man who adored her, with two children of her own. She wanted a boy and a girl, which she imagined to be the perfect family. Her children would rush ahead into the shelter they ran for homeless animals, excited to pet the new litter of kittens that had just arrived."Do you think it will look good on display in the community center?"The eager student's voice snapped Anna out of her brief daydream. "Yes, Carrie, I think it will look beautiful on our spring art display."Anna taught her class at the only school in a small Midwestern town called Belleville
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