The Hockey Captain’s Unwanted Wife (Blair and Grayson) novel Chapter 174

Chapter 174

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Three weeks had passed.

We had failed to get our families to stop the wedding.

Announcements had gone out. Dinners had been made. Now I was in a white dress I did not choose, on a lawn I did not want, taking pre-wedding photos with Nico Shaw.

The photographer said, “Closer.”

I shoved Nico’s hand off my waist.

He shoved mine off his wrist.

I elbowed him in the ribs when he tried to angle toward my face. He muttered that I had bones so hard they could be used as weapons.

I told him to stand like a man. The photographer kept saying beautiful in a voice that said he was a good

liar.

“Closer,” the man said again.

Nico put his hand back. I pulled it off. We smiled with our teeth. Someone from my father’s office clapped like that counted.

Nico growled under the smile. “I thought we had a way out of this already.”

“Well,” I said through my teeth, “maybe if you had helped a bit it would have sped up. You left for Monaco and only just returned, leaving everything to the rest of us. Good job.”

He sighed. “Do I have to do everything myself?”

“You did nothing.” I reminded him. “How about actually do something before I become your wife?”

“That will be the end of my life.”

“Chin up,” the photographer sang.

I lifted my chin and felt like everything around me was starting to spin.

Okay. What was that?

It came fast. No warning. Heat, then cold, then a weird feeling in my stomach like I was about to be sick. I did not have time to prepare as I turned and puked all over Nico’s suit.

He froze. I could see the look of horror on his face as he realized what I’d just done.

He slowly looked down. Then groaned like he couldn’t believe it.

When he was done worrying about all the vomit on his clothes, he suddenly realized I was not feeling well,

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“Are you okay? Do we need a doctor to look at you?”

ir was already moving.

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She took me by the arm and hauled me inside before anyone else could talk to me. I heard Nico behind us telling the photographer to stop shooting and remove any pictures of me puking.

In the bathroom my sister shut the door. She looked excited for some reason.

Why would she be excited about me puking all over Nico?

“Time I returned the favor.” She held out a pregnancy stick like a gift.

I frowned at her. Did she just carry around a pregnancy stick waiting for a moment like this?

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