My Dark Prince: An Enemies-to-Lovers Romance (Dark Prince Road)

Briar Auer: The engagement is off.

Briar Auer: Well, it was never really on in the first place.

Dallas Costa: Are you sure?? I now owe Farrow $100k.

Briar Auer: You bet against us?!

Farrow Ballantine-Sun: *Temporarily against you.

Farrow Ballantine-Sun: She said you’d move back to LA, Oliver would chase after you, and you’d return from Nauru knocked up. My bet was an airport scene, but that, essentially, you’d stay here.

Briar Auer: You are terrible friends.

Dallas Costa: I flew you to Texas when you were a perfect stranger!

Farrow Ballantine-Sun: I LEFT THE HOUSE FOR YOU. SEVERAL TIMES.

Briar Auer: I’ll be sure to mention that in our wedding speech.

Dallas Costa: Is it my turn with amnesia or did you not just say the engagement is off?

Briar Auer: It’s a temporary thing.

Farrow Ballantine-Sun: Meaning?

Briar Auer: Meaning I tried to break up with him, he refused, then he kissed me so thoroughly I couldn’t help but agree to a long-distance relationship again on a trial basis.

Dallas Costa: Didn’t you tell us long distance is a big, fat no?

Briar Auer: I did. I was scared. I spent fifteen years thinking Oliver cheated on me every time he left back to America. Between that and my parents’ constant affairs, the possibility of turning into my mother scared the hell out of me.

Dallas Costa: Ew. How can you even compare yourself to the She Witch that birthed you? You are nothing alike.

Briar Auer: I know. And I’m glad I realized that before I spent my entire flight back to LA bawling into a bag of stale pretzels.

Briar Auer: BTW, anyone care to drive me to the airport? Oliver offered, but we had such a great goodbye that I don’t want to risk ruining it.

Farrow Ballantine-Sun: On it. See you in five.

Dallas Costa: Need a U-Haul?noveldrama

Briar Auer: Nah. Ollie’s assistant will ship everything over this week.

Farrow Ballantine-Sun: I’ll bring wine.

Dallas Costa: And cake. No stale pretzels for you today.

Dallas Costa: And don’t think you’ve gotten rid of us yet, missy. We’re visiting once a month, whether you like it or not.