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.

uld get pregnant before marriage?" Emily snickered as

storage unit, locked in the fa

" I wasn't stupid enough to believe that all that happened w

f me. "Turns out, the number of hours you spent st

ng to turn her expression grim, and it did. But

e, as she hoped they would. Call it my trickiest luck, but the marriage was fixed on m

attend my wedding. So we could both miss th

down the aisle to receive the degree she'd labored long and hard f

ouldn't go back on her word.

married into a powerful

snapped out of your fantasy and embraced the reality that E

-ringed finger in front of me. "Zach proposed, and not only will I be becoming

ut a love-less marriage of convenience." S

.

ved me having to wear a pink wedding dress and walk down the aisle al

sked to go first and almost feared

as Emmerson's silent mutt

embarrassment of mentioning the bride should be kissed. He simp

ng him to stay and pretend a

.

king's room, and I couldn't help but

een assigned to me by Rebecca Winte

eason why I was here. Which, well... was to provide an heir for the family. Wha

really as archaic as I

eil covering my face, whilst

carrying a child... but the maids insisted that some

merson to be gentle with

xpected was how roug

. I couldn't hold back the tears I'd been h

ow. Graduate uni, get married to Zach, apply for a maste

ut rather something that had been premedit

t turns out, it w

.

as suddenly yanked from behind, and before I could r

denly felt more nauseous

the tiredness that followed,

ounter I would have with her would be in the ba

ives and try to ruin it?" She grabbed my

tried to keep my

as pregnant... The pregnancy had not only taken a toll

ow and ninety-nine percent out of th

er at this point. I still tried to defend myself. Thou

life full of darkness and pain." I winced as her long nails dug into my sk

r from my sight before I can even catch you." That was impossible. Ther

face." And she did; at least she tried when she pushed me to the floor with such force... t

sh out of my body and for a moment there... I pray