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Chapter 308

Bonus 8: The Cake

Nina

As I swirled the final dollop of icing atop the cake, the doorbell chimed, announcing the arrival of our first guest. The warmth of anticipation ignited in my chest. I dusted off my hands and went to greet them.

Before I could even open the door, Jessica and Lori burst in.

“Nina!” Jessica exclaimed, brushing past me as she looked around the house. “Holy shit! This place looks so much better!”

I blushed a bit, hugging Lori while Jessica continued to snoop around.” Thanks,” I murmured, walking over to pull Jessica into a tight hug as well. ” It’s finally done. I feel like we can relax now… Sort of.”

“Don’t worry,” Lori chimed in, patting my shoulder. “The wedding will be over soon, too. Then you guys can have your honeymoon. And then you’ll get a whole month before classes start up again.”

I had to laugh. Deep down, I wasn’t sure if I wanted the wedding to be over anytime soon. I loved the process of preparing, the anticipation of it all. It was a feeling that I wanted to cherish.

“Here.” Jessica shoved a bottle of champagne into my hand. There was a bow on the neck of the bottle. “A housewarming gift.”

“More like a belly-warming gift,” Lori teased. “You’ll let us stay here tonight, right?”

I nodded, smiling as I set the bottle down on the counter. “Of course. I wouldn’t let my friends drive drunk.”

Enzo and I had already planned to have most, if not all, of our guests stay the night.

We had prepared with tons of blankets, and even purchased a couple of air mattresses that would certainly come in handy in the future; not to mention our guest bedroom, which was reserved for Lori and Jessica, seeing as how they were the only other couple other than Enzo and I.

At least, that was what I thought. But when none other than Luke burst in a few moments later with a beautiful woman on his arm, my opinions changed.

“Luke!” 1 exclaimed, running over to them. “Who is this?”

that cute witch that I told you about ages ago?” he asked. “This is

remembered Luke mentioning a witch once when I was trying to get to Enzo in the werewolf realm.

had a choker around her thin, pearly white neck that, upon closer inspection, had a tiny, delicate

sourced,” she said, touching the bird skull with her slender fingers, “I found it. Poor little thing must have fallen out of the nest. I’m Melania, by

and her plump lips twisted when she spoke made me instantly realize why Luke was so smitten with her. I introduced myself, noticing how cool and

of wine glasses. Friends, both old and new,

Enzo thought he could beat me at a beer chugging contest?” Matt recalled, and the table erupted into laughter. His face was red from the alcohol; all of ours were. Even Melania’s face, which was naturally the color of an iridescent pink pearl, had deep red splotches on her cheeks from the

he passed out halfway

and Enzo playfully

at least I can handle my liquor,” Enzo chimed

hush,” Matt chided,

a

on, the atmosphere grew more relaxed and cheerful, fuelled by a combination of good food, wine, and company. Of course, Enzo recounted my

it was time

carry the cake to the table. The room filled with cheers

butter exterior made way for the warm, moist chocolate interior, and the table was all but silent aside from the scraping of forks

beneath the table, our faces red from

we were finished, we all made our way to the living room,

night wore on, Matt suddenly suggested a change of scenery. “Let’s take this party outside!” he declared, pointing towards the window where soft

of your mind? It’s freezing!” Jessica protested, but Matt was already pulling his shoes

threw the door open and ran outside barefoot, whooping with

as drunk as he was and also the first to follow