Chapter 1
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Chapter One
Luca
“Guess what, Ma?”
My mom’s soft smile appears first, her unconditional love-filled eyes set on me.
“My baby?” She lightly smacks my cheek in a way to ask, ‘what am I doing here with Lauren?’ Even Mama knows I’m no saint and until last night I was far from having a girlfriend let alone a fiancée.
Maddie finds her way to Mauro and Vanessa to Christian, the four of them staring at us like we’re aliens who just descended upon Earth.
I raise our linked hands together, sparing a quick glance at Lauren who doesn’t look as enthusiastic as me. “Your baby is getting married,” I announce.
I understand the question marks filling their eyes, we’ve been at each other’s throats for as long as we’ve known each other.
All of their mouths are open, and I kiss Lauren on the cheek. We need to up the PDA on this endeavor to make it believable.
Newsflash, the engagement is fake.
How did we get here you ask?
Months ago, I volunteered to be auctioned off for a date for the First Responders Fallen Heroes Bachelor Auction—I’m a paramedic. It was a sure thing that some sweet piece of ass would bid on me and a big fat donation would be made to the charity.
After witnessing two women wrestling on the floor over who would win me, I was eager to see who won the right to be on my arm for a night. Until I found out a girl from high school and two of her friends decided to switch up paddles and place each other’s bids for fun. This left me with Lauren Hunt. And yeah, it may have hurt my ego a bit that Lauren didn’t bid on me herself.
But in order to understand why I’ve decided to deceive my family, we have to go back to last night.
Scratch that. We need to go back to Friday, so you can understand why Lauren agreed to my crazy request in the first place.
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