ab

cla

ast person to contact me. My fingers trembled as I stared at the screen again, the message burning into m

n my heart felt unbearable, but I refused to let it consume me

. I can smell coffee everywhere. I sat at a t

this to me?" I whispered to herself, feeling the hot tears falling on my cheeks. Just then, my phone buzzed again in my purs

k quickly. "I'm fine.

thought about how Annabella had always wanted what was mine. The je

back and let them hurt me like this. No, I must do something

hind, lifting my head, I saw a tall figure standing in front of me. He had dark hair and a confident smile. I recognized him immedi

t then, he noticed my eyes had been red from crying. "Are you okay?"

me. "You don't look fine. Your eyes are re

mething about his presence that makes me feel a little be

my throat, "I wan

rprised. "Re

hat Declan would do this to me. And with Annabella, of all people. As if that wa

cup of coffee and then turned to m

eement, but my

looking for someone to make my wife for business purposes.

ationship? Why is he look

hts. And I gazed at him "I don't care anymore, a

much seriousness in his

shaking. "I can't let them win. I want to

, with so much focus on me,

whispered. "I want you! I want you to h

te as if what I said was coming from there, h

n open relationshi

g some kind of serious joke

want a contra

t of surprise crossing his face.

in the eye, feeling a ru

aken aback. "Me? Why

I need a man to get back at my betrayers, so we both need this marriage, rig

lence, with a mix of curiosity and caution i

I need to do something. I c

spoke. "Okay, let's talk about it. B

over me as I let out a

control, to show Declan and A

t marriage and how a lawyer would help with the process. I

t always get away with her greed and Declan

details, his phone rang. He glanced at

this," he said,

y language made me uneasy. What was going on? A chill ran down my spine

eadable. "We might have a problem," he sa

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