Saving Red by Carter Blake

Author:Carter Blake [Blake, Carter]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-12-28T16:00:00+00:00

Epilogue

Ella

The first snow of the year falls on my wedding day. We’re on the clearing that served as inspiration for my painting after the first time we slept together. It’s like a scene out of a fairy tale. The snowflakes float like there are a thousand wizards hiding behind the curtains with their wands out, levitating them with an ancient incantation.

Ash is a handsome groom. I ended up opting for a tuxedo wedding, and though the formal attire makes him feel out of his element, he never complains. He also doesn’t let go of me for the entire evening.

Our first dance is a gift to me. He took lessons in the strictest secrecy, and I only found out when he dragged me out to the dance floor. The string ensemble we hired to perform starts a slow waltz which makes me squeal.

I’m a sucker for these little things. Which don’t feel so little when I’m with him.

For the first time in my life, I have everything that I could ever wish for.

My gorgeous home is an idyllic country estate.

I’m like a princess.

I have my prince.

And we both got the justice we deserved.

Shortly after I discovered Jared’s deception, the authorities took over. It goes way beyond unethical behavior perpetrated by a soon-to-be-disbarred attorney. His family had an entire house of cards built on the backs of honest people like Ash and his family. The investigation turned up a pattern of fraud and abuse going back several decades.

And Jared was dumb enough to leave his fingerprints all over it.

I’ll say one thing for him, never has a person been so dishonest and so clever about it, while also setting themselves up for failure. He never imagined his little plan to strip me of my birthright and force a marriage down my throat wouldn’t be fruitful. It all hinged on me being a dumb girl.

His arrogance was his downfall.

Now there’s poetic justice.

Their plan to monopolize the area surrounding the estate had gone perfectly. Then my grandmother died before Jared conned her into leaving it all to him or at least making it very difficult for her next of kin—me—to access.

Faced with the prospect of losing all his family worked so hard for, he created the charade with me. If they managed to trick so many folks for years, what would a spoiled young woman who hadn’t even finished her undergrad be?

Easy as pie. Or so they thought.

Stupid, stupid people.

Turns out the entire Wolfe clan is shady. Now they’re getting what they deserve.

I’m now convinced my grandmother was right. Selling off the land for commercial development would be a sin. Which is why Ash and I will take up residence there, just as soon as we return from our honeymoon. With his sister only a couple of miles away in a comfortable home of her own, it couldn’t have worked out better.

Wolfe’s in jail, where he’ll remain for years to come. Even longer, if I—or, better yet, Ash—have anything to do with it.

Ash twirls me around, and my full skirt swells around me.

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