(Author's POV)
She picked up the rabbit with her foot and nudged it under the bed. By the time the door opened, she was sitting on the edge of the mattress with her hands folded in her lap, her expression soft.
"Don't let her get to you," Jasper said. He sat beside her. "She'll come around. And I promise you - next year, once things settle with the Everett side, we'll have a proper ceremony. Something real."
Sienna knew exactly what that promise was worth. William had done Jasper a favor, not extended him an invitation into the family. The Everett main line would never host a celebration for this marriage. "Next year" was a placeholder, not a plan. She had heard enough promises to know the difference.
But she leaned her head against his shoulder anyway, and she let him believe she was
