“After dinner, Jesse proposed. And since I said yes to Rochella, and I’m leaving for Paris after New Year’s, and with everyone already going to be here for New Year’s Eve, we thought, why not? Let’s just do it. Beckett can officiate.” Her mom’s gaze journeyed over Jesse as if she couldn’t decide whether to cry or hug him. “Are you telling me you finally got your head together because of Paris?” “I . . .” Jesse looked at Ella, and she held her breath because it was now or never. He could either say yes, making it official that he agreed to her plan of becoming his fake wife in order to lure out
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