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into my suit fo

cards went out and everything began to fall into place, I c

realise I was about to cross an endless bridge... into a uni

rafts, I finally messaged Erica the last one,

an I couldn't fancy. Truth is, I've never f

m not into boys. I'm

g in life is business-transactions, benefits, profit margins. There's no such thin

o at the last minute was madness, but I hoped

ven for Mr. Gerux, whose only wish is to have me as a son-in-law. For all I know

e to prepare for a lon

ve tripled what he left behind, marking me the richest bachelor in the country. I could sponso

arrying Erica would bring me no benefit. It would do her family a gr

yes. I nearly became a man abandoned at the altar by his bride. A man who couldn't own a woman. That kind of headline? I

d to our company tracking system-only activated

partment belonging to an unfamiliar man. And E

ight in her eyes was twelve years a

. After a while, I grew bored of the mourners and wandered through the estate. I found Erica

s burial ceremony. And Nathan... he looked like

ing to me, except th

me, but I still didn't like it. Hence, I agreed to the marriage proposal. Not because I loved anyone. Not because I

I

, she wasn't smiling, yet she had that same liveliness abo

d a man I'd never seen or heard of. Boldly called me a los

r around me. Maybe because I intimidate p

into my car despite he

snapped, struggling against t

t you in my home either. But

he driver's seat

med the gates. The moment they saw my car, th

is ambush. But I couldn't blame her. We have kept our relationship a secret, off public digest. W

g-anything that hints at a scandal invo

icrophones ready, I stepped

ing when I opened the

landed on he

alled out, "do you dislike

ser this time, "did you really

thrill the tabloids more than hearing her confi

when she hid against me. Her face was bur

ehow, I felt a pull, an odd determi

as I turned to walk her inside.

the reporter. Then l

yes. Something she had never done before-not as my fiancé

ng than look at me this way. But

was, but something pulled me in, somethi

uld stop myself

the crowd like

cond...then melted into

ing into our silhouettes, we kis