Lily always knew that her future mother-in-law, Eleanor, despised her. But she never expected Eleanor to try and ruin her wedding day. First, the dress. Then, the cake. And when Eleanor grabbed the microphone to publicly humiliate Lily, Daniel made a choice that no one saw coming—one that left his mother stunned and alone. The First Meeting I’ll never forget the first time Daniel took me to meet his parents. I stood nervously in the grand foyer of their enormous estate, gripping a cheap bottle of wine I’d brought as

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