er?" Alexia asked,

had alread

shot throug

Hayden' s engagement was everywhere. Their

fice, her face a stony mask, and

red. "You just started. You have

ountry," Alexia sa

d, trying to change her mind

be seeing any

a flight to

ick mistakes. The city where Gil

to the Clark Count

certificate she presented, then

king at her with pity. "This certificat

her hands shaking. "That's impos

. "According to our records, on this date, three years

ed to drop out

d have collapsed if she hadn't

ie. From the v

a cruel piece of theater with her as the unsuspecting lead. While she was naively p

pped from her fingers, f

ent a year into their "marriage." He had called it a prec

by his foresight, his

the marriage was fake. He knew she would never sign it because she loved him too m

obbed. She cried for the fool she had been, for the three ye

nt they shared, the one he had called their h

set with her f

a perfect picture of concern. "I was so w

race her, but s

, avoiding his eyes. She couldn't le

r forehead. "You fee

d his hand. "I j

ith that fake tenderness she now desp

in the bedroom, h

sband act. Had any of it been real? Had he eve

ll just a p

ain and confusion. She needed answers. She ne