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silence for a moment, and a pretty funny one to Mason. 
    “I’m assuming Keri doesn’t know.” 
    “Not yet,” Jackson replied. 
    Mason dropped his head.  “Jacks, you’re getting married to a shrink.  You really think she won’t pick up on whatever y’all have going on?” 
    “There’s nothing going on and there’s nothing to pick up on,” he argued.
    “And yet you are writing her a note on your wedding day.”
    Jackson gave him an ungainly stare. 
    “Hey, I’m not judging you.  I’m just saying.  It’s obvious, that’s all.”
    He took the envelope from Jackson without asking any more about it.  This wouldn’t be the first secret they’ve kept between them.  And if this was something more than it appeared to be, Mason would be the last to blow the whistle on it. 
    Mason peeked through the side door, trying his best to be discreet.  From the looks of it over four hundred guests had arrived in the ballroom, seated and ready for the wedding to begin.  How in the world did Jackson expect him to find Reign in the midst of all of these people?  Best to start with the groom’s side, because she sure as hell wasn’t going to be on the bride’s. 
    “What are you doing!?” The wedding coordinator tried to whisper, extremely nervous seeing him in the ballroom with the wedding about to start.
    She speed-walked up to him,” hoping not to gain any unnecessary attention.  “You should be with Jackson.  Why are you out here?”
    “I need to find someone”
    “Now!?” she asked. 
    “Yes. Now.”
    “No, no, no, we don’t have time for this.  You have to––.”
    Mason brushed past her without entertaining any more of her conversation.  He went row by row looking for Reign. It almost seemed impossible to do before the wedding started, given the fact that Jackson didn’t bother to tell him what she was wearing. As if he doesn’t know, he thought.  He made his way to the other side of the room and he saw her just a few rows back, but not before classic Mason kicked in.  Distracted by the woman beside her, he almost forgot what he was supposed to be doing.  He’d seen beautiful women before, but this one held his eye for longer than a glance.  Even he had to stop for a second and say wow.  Mason took it upon himself to pass everyone in the row to get to Reign in the hope of exchanging a few words with this woman.  Excuse me, he whispered stepping on one lady’s toes.  Pardon me, to another. 
    Reign looked up at him as he made his way over to her. “Mason what are you doing?” she whispered. 
    Focused on the guest next to her, he had completely zoned out. 
    “I’m sorry, did I step on your toes? I’m Mason,” he held out his hand. 
    “No, you didn’t, and I’m” she hesitantly turned away from him, “here for a wedding…” she countered.
    “Mason!” Reign whispered loud enough to pull his attention.
    Just in time to keep him from making a complete fool of himself, he turned to her.
    “What are you doing?” she asked again.
    He reached into his pocket and slid her the envelope.  “Jacks asked me to give this to you.  He said you’ll know when to read it.” 
    He didn’t stick around to see if she read it.  He could tell by the look on her face that she had a pretty good idea of what he had written.  The two of them sometimes looked as if they had their own language.  He remembered a few years ago when Jackson and Reign sat a few tables from each other at a function they had.  Mason just happened to glance at Reign, who was talking to one of the gentlemen at the table. He wouldn’t have noticed anything had he not seen Jackson lightly chuckle and Reign doing the same after not having shared a single word with each other.
    He walked back to the room preparing for the wedding, unable to shake the woman sitting next to Reign.  She was beautiful, he thought, and at some point today he was going to make sure he left with exactly what he wanted. 

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