won't lay a finger on you. You said it yourself - you're not in love with hi

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y stepped in, ready

doorframe like a man pos

eaving with

no leverage. No Hughes fam

the tension in his jaw, the way his fingers curled

n Paisl

steady. "I may not love Clive. But I'd still rather be Mrs

eyes w

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e'd be back. And next time, h

hut behind him, Paisley

steady, but

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elings for her? It

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ss. Brilliant

mpire. A man who ruled both

him like moths to f

irst

never seeme

agreed to marr

one thing was clear: she wasn't go

r arms and fac

ow we're married now. But let's not

as even. Ma

mess with your life. Let's just treat this marriage like a per

it. Set the term

n't walk away from

r heart had di

his so-called first love barged in, tears streaming down her face.

itate. He walked off the

like

nding there, alone,

happened. The ceremony went on. The

live with it. Tried to play the perfect wife. But with every

lly, sh

into Ethan's

Harrington estate, she

ctly how she felt. The perfect little m

everything between he

this

utting it all on the

precious first love, fin

didn't inter

a perfe

tation. He stayed

e for divorce, they c

t, that wa