Engagement party had gone on better than I had expected. the guest list that my mother and had put together had been quite extensive and each and every single person on that guest list had attended. Of course , Ryder and I had stayed stuck together for the entire evening . I was not even kidding about that. we had been together from the time we had entered the venue up until the time we had left . many business associates of riders had been in attendance and had made it a point to personally congratulate the both of us. I had heard comments like ' you are so lucky to have been the one to get him to commit ' or , 'I can't tell who from the both of you I'm all lucky ' or , 'the two of you make a very appealing couple. ' Ryder had made it a point to always maintain some sort of physical con