Page 156 of Marrying the Billionaire Single Dad

"How are you?" Julia cries.

"Much better, now that I know Damian came to his senses and made things right with you." She chuckles, then nods at Julia's ring, "Told ya, you'd get your HEA."

"You did." Julia laughs, "Thank you for all of your help."

Something passes between the two of them, then Meredith leans over and hugs Julia, who returns the embrace. The two women hold onto each other for a few seconds.

Finally, Meredith, pulls back, and wipes a tear from her cheek. "I am truly happy for you and Damian." She raises her glass. "A toast," she declares, "to the bad boy rock star and the woman who brought him to heel."

"Hear, hear." Summer raises her glass, "To Julia." She glances between us, "Let's down this in one, ladies."

"To Julia." The others raise their glasses. That's when my phone buzzes again. I pull it out.

Arpad Ahole: I trust you are en-route to my yacht to fix the camera? Else...

Me: Are you threatening me?

Arpad Ahole: Call this your first and last warning. I set off at dawn. The work had better be complete before that.

What the hell? What's wrong with this guy. I grip the phone, contemplate dropping it on the ground and smashing my heel into it—but that's not going to solve anything. Bet the bastard would find another way of reaching me. Instead I drop my phone in my bag. "I've got to go."

"No." The women look at me with varying expression of disappointment.

"Sorry, apparently, the a-hole has found a new way to make my life miserable."

I glance around for a place to put the glass. Isla takes it from me.

"Thanks," I flip my hair over my shoulder. "This shouldn't take too long..."

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Karina

"Gah, I could punch you right now, Wolfgang." The female announcer snaps.

"Problem is, that's not all you want to do with me is it?" Wolfgang retorts, "And Ivy?" There’s a pause when I swear I can imagine him lean in closer to her, "The name’s Wolfe."

"Errm." Ivy clears her throat over the airwaves, "so that’s our favorite TV trope, brought to life by Wolfe and I… which sounds like something out of Red Riding Wood."

"Hood." Wolfe chuckles.

"That’s what I said." Ivy huffs. "Red Riding Hood. So as I was saying, that’s our favorite TV series trope, can you guess what it is? This is Ivy—"

"—And Wolfe." The male announcer interjects.

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