Page 85 of The Rancher's Wedding Deception

Andie tried her best to focus on Star’s voice.

But failed.

Every breath felt like trying to inhale through a straw that someone had pinched shut.

“You’re okay. It’s alright. There’s nothing to worry about.”

Andie repeated Harry’s words to herself.

She’s okay.

I mean, I’m okay.

I’m alright.

I...I have nothing to worry about because it’s totally normal for brides to hyperventilate on their wedding day.

Right?

Wedding jitters. Cold feet. Do-a-Julia-Roberts-in-Runaway-Wedding.

Ithad many names becauseItwas normal. And so common and...and expected even thatItwas probably mentioned in every wedding magazine, brochure, and manual there was.Itwas—

You just stop right there, Andromeda Jackson!

Can’t you see you’re just making things worse?

Your bridal nerves are NOT another form of Pennywise.

Got that?

Harry bit her lip upon seeing how Andie’s fingers were shaking nonstop as she tried to reapply her lipstick for the fifth time. She wished there was something else she could say or do, but an hour simply wasn’t enough time to know a person, much less know how to comfort them when they were about to marry a man they had only known for days.

Notthat she was judging either Andie or Paul.

Been there, done that, but God was just so amazing that He had made her marriage work despite her billionaire husband initially marrying Harry under false pretenses.

So, really...

Harry closed her eyes to whisper a silent prayer in her heart.Dear God, if it’s Your will, may this marriage change both of their lives completely, and have them not just fall in love with each other, but may they fall in love with You, too.

“Talk to us, Andie. Is there any way we can help?”

Star’s gently spoken words had Andie swallowing hard. A part of her still couldn’t believe that the lovely woman in front of her was reallythatStar. The woman who wrote that even lovelier note on the Bible, and the reason she had found the courage to knock on Paul’s door.

This woman wasthatStar, and so—

“Were you instantly attracted to your husbands when you first met?”

Star and Harry nodded, and Andie breathed a sigh of relief.So far so good.If she could just havethreethings in common with these two women, she would have nothing to worry about, and she would know for sure she was doing the right thing in marrying Paul.

And so...

“What made you think they weretheone for you?” Andie asked next.

Harry’s lips curved in a smile that was half shy, half rueful. “That’s a really good question, and it’s probably why Paul wanted Devon and me to be witnesses in your wedding.”

Andie’s brows furrowed as she tried to decipher what Harry was leading to. Was theirs another whirlwind romance—