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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?”

of red. “Remember that cute witch that I told

the werewolf realm. She really

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

her slender fingers, “I found it. Poor little thing must

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

trickled in, and soon the house came alive with chatter, laughter, and the clinking of wine glasses. Friends, both old and new, flooded the rooms, and the energy was infectious. We feasted on a homemade meal, reminiscing about the old

into laughter. His face was red from the alcohol; all of ours were. Even Melania’s face, which was naturally the color of

he passed

Enzo playfully rolled his

least I can handle my liquor,”

hush,” Matt chided,

a middle-aged

grew more relaxed and cheerful, fuelled by a combination of good food, wine, and company. Of course, Enzo recounted my entire raccoon extravaganza to everyone, which resulted

was time for

me carry the cake to

warm, moist chocolate interior, and the table was all

I grinned at each other, holding hands beneath the table, our faces red from the wine

made our way to the living room, where the even evolved into games of charades, karaoke

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

Jessica protested, but Matt

door open and ran

also the first to follow him despite her words.