The Broken One (Falcon Falls Security, #2)

by Brittney Sahin

He went to her side and reached for her elbow, but she shifted from his reach. “The vows. The songs you selected. The way you’ve been putting on a show for the last two hours in front of the guests.” Tears welled in her eyes, and she knew she needed to get the cowboy boots she’d swapped her heels for to move, but she was stuck in place. Irrational again. “Are you a hitman or an actor? Because you seem to have talents I’ve been unaware of my entire life.” Those sweet and kind vows had been a knife to her heart. And then Chase Rice’s “Eyes on You,” followed by Brett Young’s “In Case You Didn’t Know” for his song choices for their first two dances just twisted the blade even deeper. “I hate you for this,” she cried. Jesse’s mouth fell open, and his attention swung back to her. “This?” He held up his left hand and pointed at the wedding ring. “This was your idea. I sure as hell didn’t want to do it. If I had my way, you’d be locked up somewhere safe.” He waved a hand toward the woods. “Not out in the open in danger. Not going to Paris as my wife.” “Fake wife,” she rasped the reminder, more for herself than for him. “And you and I both know I’m in danger whether we’re married or not, but if this ‘wedding’ lures the bastard out sooner rather than later, then we can part ways that much faster, which seems to be your preference.”