Chapter Twenty-Three
When Gretel had first formulated the marriage plan, she hadn’t thought about how it would feel. She’d only thought about how it would help.
She definitely hadn’t thought that it would mean much to her. Marriage was a state her mother flitted in and out of, like changing from day wear to evening wear. For her father, it was a way to present himself to the world, which was why his wives got younger and younger. Gemma was only about ten years older than Bethany.
But it turned out that being “married” to Zander was…fun, even with the asterisk. She loved knowing that she had an ally who she could turn to. Zander always took her seriously. He had to, after all. It was in the agreement. All she had to do was say “whipped cream,” and he’d stop everything and they’d go off a
