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Everyone in Northfield said Adrian and I were the perfect match. Then, exactly one month before our wedding, he dropped the bomb: he was marrying her instead. The girl with the congenital heart defect. When I confronted him, he had the nerve to look helpless. "If I don't step up, she'll have to marry some rich, disabled guy in the next town over just to survive. You know I can't let that happen, Evelyn." I just nodded, turned around, and tossed my engagement ring in the trash. The day before the wedding, Adrian draped an arm over my shoulder, his voice dripping with condescending warmth. "Come on, Evie, stop pouting. Once I get her settled, I'll file for divorce and we'll have our wedding just like we planned." I smiled. He had no idea that tomorrow wasn't just his wedding day. It was mine, too. The very day he decided to marry Lily, I agreed to the match my parents had arranged for me. As he tried to drag me along to help Lily pick out a wedding dress, I shoved an invitation hard against his chest. When he read the name on the thick cardstock, his smug smile completely froze.