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“Lying is a bad thing,” her father said. “No one’s lying. But the deliberate decision to choose not to bring up something that will only cause a fight? That’s marital harmony right there. You’ll see.”

He eyed her for a moment. “Why do I feel like there’s no way for me to participate in this conversation without it becoming my fault?”

Her sister only shook her head, visibly unmoved. “Did you ever even like that job?” Emmy blinked at her. “I’m good at it!” “I’m good at being a bitch,” Margery said, her mouth moving into one of her cat-like smiles, “but that doesn’t mean I should make it my life’s work.”

“If you want to ask me a question, Bug, you should go ahead and ask it. I don’t do too well with the mind games and passive aggressive bulls#!t.”

I have three weeks here in Montana and a dirty little fling sounds like an excellent way to avoid my responsibilities as Margery’s maid of honor. It would be kind of fun if it was you. But I’d be perfectly happy if it was someone else, too.”

Ten years ago, he’d walked away from her when she’d been naked and begging him to stay with her, to touch her, to take her. Ten years ago, she’d offered him her virginity and he’d refused. He’d broken her heart. Emmy didn’t want to discuss that. She wanted to continue pretending that night had never, ever happened.

She was a perfectly decent advertising copywriter who lived a perfectly nice life in perfectly comfortable Atlanta. Griffin was an extreme sports nut and athletic clothing entrepreneur who liked to fling himself down mountains and out of planes, making money and risking almost certain death every time he inhaled.