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My eyes bulge at the sight. A gorgeous engagement ringandwedding band rest on my ring finger. I roll over and see I'm alone in bed; a white dress lays in a heap in the chair. There's a note on the pillow where Zane was when I fell asleep. I'm so confused. What happened? Did we leave the hotel room and…

No.

We couldn't have.

A sinking feeling in my gut overwhelms me as I read the note Zane left.

Violet,

Had to catch an early flight out. Sorry to leave without saying goodbye, but I didn’t want to wakeyou. I'm leaving my number. Please get in touch when you're back in NC, or sooner if you'd like.

Your husband,

Zane

Holy shit.

I married my one-night stand and I don’t remember it. Just when I thought my life couldn't get worse. Here I thought my migraine is what would make this a bad day. What the hell am I supposed to do now? With a groan, I pull the covers back over my head. This is so a problem for another day.

CHAPTER 2

ZANE

“What is that?” Scotty asks once our plane is up in the air.

I just leaned my head back, ready to get some more sleep. Violet and I didn’t do enough of that last night. Just the thought of her has me hard; my fingers twitch to find her so I can revel in the feel of her. Now isn’t the time to think of her, though.

Turning my head toward him, I peek an eye open. “What is what?”

“On your hand. Z, you…you haven't done anything crazy, have you?”

I glance down and groan internally. I forgot I was wearing the ring Violet insisted we buy last night. What lie can I tell?

“Did you getmarried?” he asks loudly.

“So...I maybe did something in Vegas,” I find myself saying. There doesn't seem to be another plausible explanation for how a ring suddenly appeared on my finger. And of course, leave it to the man who has the nosiest wife to notice a wedding ring. Sylvia is rubbing off on him.

The attention of nearby teammates swivels toward me, including that of Brayden, the Kessy twins, Sergey, and even Marc.

“You didn't,” Brayden states.

“I did,” I confirm.

“You got hitched?” Collin asks.

“Yep.”

“Oh, boy,” Marc mutters with a laugh, turning around.

“What in the hell, Zane? I thought you got your shit together!” Scotty exclaims.

I shrug. “Met a girl. Fell in love. Got married. She lives nearby, so that's settled. Best night of my life.” Although my tone definitely does not convey that. And I don’t actually know if she lives close by. She lives in the state; close enough, right? That tidbit of information didn’t come up in our conversations last night.

Scotty and Brayden, the only ones brave enough to continue looking at me head on, stare in disbelief.

“I see an annulment in your future,” Cal says with a chuckle.

For some reason, I honestly don't think so. Scotty and Brayden pepper me with questions, getting more perplexed as I explain some of what happened, but also keeping some of the details to myself. What I have to do now, though, is wait to hear from Violet. I wonder how she's doing this morning.

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