Down with Love

<p><strong style=color: rgba(28 28 28 0.99)>The cynical divorce lawyer and the hearts-and-flowers wedding planner could be the perfect match . . .</strong></p><p><span style=color: rgba(28 28 28 0.99)> </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(28 28 28 0.99)>If you ever get married remember my name: Max Henderson. In my line of work you acquire a certain perspective on supposedly everlasting unions. . . .</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(28 28 28 0.99)> </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(28 28 28 0.99)>1. Pre-nups are your friend. </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(28 28 28 0.99)>2. The person you married is not the person you're divorcing. </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(28 28 28 0.99)>3. And I hope you didn't spend much on the wedding because that was one helluva waste of hard-earned cash wasn't it? </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(28 28 28 0.99)> </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(28 28 28 0.99)>But some guys are willing to take a chance. Like my brother who thinks he's going to ride off into the sunset with the woman of his dreams in a haze of glitter on unicorns. And the wedding planner-the green-eyed beauty who makes a living convincing suckers to shell out thousands of dollars on centerpieces-is raking it in on this matrimonial monstrosity. </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(28 28 28 0.99)> </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(28 28 28 0.99)>The thing is Charlie Love is not </span><em style=color: rgba(28 28 28 0.99)>un</em><span style=color: rgba(28 28 28 0.99)>like me. We're both cogs in the wedding-industrial complex. As the best man I know her game-and I can play it better than her. But after one scorching unexpected kiss I'm thinking I might just want to get played.</span></p>