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if I have to see Evan anyway. The chances of us running into each other again are slim to none.”
    Genna winced, a dark shade of pink spreading from her cheeks down to her neck. “Well, about that. You see, the chances aren’t so slim after all.”
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    T he nerve of my friends. I couldn’t believe they thought it would be okay to ask Evan to take over as the best man. They had to be out of their god-forsaken minds if they thought I was going to roll over and be okay with this. I had seen Genna’s checklist. I knew what it entailed and I’d be damned if I was going to spend the next four weeks being chummy with him because my friends didn’t care if they were being cruel to me.
    A long-winded sigh escaped from deep down in my throat. It was more like the growl of a bear with the way I was feeling. Damned and all, I knew I didn’t have a choice in the matter. Genna was my best friend, and she was getting married to my other best friend. It’s not as if I could protest even if I did want to throw myself on the floor kicking and screaming. Until then, she had been the kindest bride I had ever known, I couldn’t just sprout scales and a long tail and turn into Maid-of-Honor-zilla.
    A month. Four weeks. Twenty-eight days. Well, thirty if we were being exact. That’s how long Evan was going to be thrown in my direction. We’d have to act civilly, speak to each other, rub elbows... Eff me, the thoughts of rubbing elbows with the man had me thinking about all the other things I would have liked to rub against him. He still looked like a god, for fuck’s sakes. Why couldn’t the years past have added forty pounds to him? Or have thinned out his hair? Given him wrinkles? Or a double chin? Well, I guess it had only been three years.
    No, the years had only made him more desirable. Fame, travel, three Grammys, and four American Music Awards had put him at the top of his game. He was the ultimate bachelor to snag and any single woman would vie to have him. Except this one. He may have looked amazing the other night, but the time between us had done wonders for my healing heart. Or so I kept telling myself.
    When he first left, the pain was almost too much to bear. Then, anger speared its ugly head and I held onto it for a lot longer than I probably should have. I guess it was just easier to be angry than sad.
    But that song...oh, that song. If he sang it again, I wouldn’t be able to handle it. I would make sure I took care of my best friend and wedding duties so long as he didn’t kill me with his soulful voice and earth-shattering lyrics. Genna laughed at me when I told her just that. Laughed at me. Belly laughed like a crazy woman.
    “ That’s all it takes, Mads? Is a love song enough to get you out of your panties and into his bed? It’s a wonder how you’ve managed to stay away this long.”
    “It hasn’t been hard. I have Michael.”
    And it wasn’t like Evan came back for a second chance.
    I didn’t mention that last part to her. If I was being real, she probably knew I was thinking it anyway. This made me a total bitch, because I had a great boyfriend. He was a successful lawyer. He had lived in Pasadena all his life. He had the same job for the previous five years. He wasn’t going anywhere. Most importantly, he was stable.
    Not like Evan.
    God, is this what my life had come to? The number one thing at the top of my list of Things My Man Should Be was Stable ? The Man I Can’t Live Without didn’t even rate. The Man I Am Passionately In Love With didn’t get a mention?
    A honk of a horn yanked me from my wild thoughts, reminding me that shit was about to get real.
    Genna was there to pick me up. Number one on her to-do list of crap to get done before the wedding day was: Favors.
    “Are you sure you don’t want to just order some?” I asked her once I got into her SUV and buckled myself in. “With the Internet and Etsy, I bet we could get something super cute in a matter of days.”
    The car