My Beloved: A Thin Love Novella by Eden Butler

Author:Eden Butler [Butler, Eden]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Tags: Contemporary
Published: 2014-12-05T07:00:00+00:00

Keira couldn’t breathe.

Literally.

“Malaine, I think the corset is too tight. I feel like my face is blue. Do I look blue?” Keira’s head felt like it weighed fifty pounds.. That didn’t help her as she looked around the large room just outside the hallway that led to the resort venue. A fifty pound head and a fifteen pound gown made movement nearly impossible and she wasn’t quite ready to test her mobility.

“Cuz, you look fine. Beautiful. Really.” Keira tried to return Malaine’s smile, but the woman tipped her chin and moved away too quickly, falling into a loud conversation with one of the bridesmaids whose name had never registered in Keira’s memory.

There were at least twenty-five people in this room. Bridesmaids decked out in various styles of the same dark pink gowns, large, fresh hibiscuses in their hair, photographers—those who were supposed to be there to document the big day—hair and make-up people touching up curls and cleaning up smeared mascara; resort staff who walked around with trays of champagne and, of course, Leann who’d helped Keira squeeze into the massive, overly expensive gown and Mark who sat in the corner of the room—black tux with the same dark pink tie and a small hibiscus on his lapel— and one hand holding his phone as he texted back and forth to Johnny, the other in a tight grip around a half empty glass of champagne.

Crowds of people. Faces she didn’t know, smiles she appreciated but didn’t find comforting or familiar. Lights, cameras, laughter… Keira thought she might pass out.

“Keira?” She grabbed onto Leann when her cousin knelt down in front of her, pushing a frigid glass of water in her hand. “You don’t look blue. You look pale. What’s wrong?”

“The corset. It’s so tight.”

Leann frowned, pushing aside the long, ornate veil before she moved behind Keira to examine the back of her strapless gown. “Honey, I’ve got two fingers between the corset and your back. It’s not tight at all.”

She handed Leann the water and got up on shaky legs, walking toward the bathroom at the back of the room, not bothering to acknowledge the nods she received around her. “I need a minute,” she told her cousin as she trailed behind Keira, waving to Mark to follow them over her shoulder.

“Sweetie, the ceremony is in forty-five minutes. If you have to pee, we need to be quick about it.”

Keira slipped into the bathroom, which wasn’t much bigger than the tiny apartment Keira had rented when she first landed in Nashville. The bathroom at least had large tile floors and Carrera marble countertops with an ornate mirror of vines and flowers carved into the dark wood frame. The dingy apartment in Nashville had plywood subfloors, sloppily patched holes in the drywall and a cheap orange and brown serape thrown on the floors to act as a rug. Keira had no idea why that stupid place had popped into her mind, but it stuck there as she moved toward the faucet

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