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s from the man she’d agreed to go on a blind da

l features were impeccable, and even th

e didn’t have any say in it-if she didn’t go on the dates, her mo

er now left all nine

dates, Vivienne was determined to get straight

too extreme, she would go straight to marriage, and skip the entire dating

hree days. If Vivienne just got married, m

, but he smiled. “We’ve ju

. Vivienne forced herself to keep a neutral expressio

p a stall at the night market selling jewelry pieces. I make about 50K a year, and I support both my mother and myself at home. I’ve date

ed her mother had just set her up with another weird, unattractive man, or maybe some old guy with a beer belly and a bad attitud

herself. His lips curled into a smile, and his voice was warm and mellow. “Someon

ard you’re a local who works the Skyreach Group, and your parents passed away. You’re

adn’t paid much attention to what her mother

ington, D.C. I’m renting a house, and I drive a Chevrolet. I’ ve got a sta

ity Hall with me to get a marriage license? I don’t need any of your money to support myself, so there

out of the picture. After that, she could take everything

ried, and most of them were happy in their rel

t what Vivienne had said. Why was this woman, with all her financial considerations,

r, and his own family was

ouse? You may be getting more tha

cially, it’s rare for people to buy their own houses by the age of 30. I unders

rdinary girl with no impressive background or skills of her

Damien picked up his phone and made a call. “S

looking down at the marriage certificate in their hands. Viv

n an hour after meeting

of his eye, and the corners of his mouth t

ook her head firmly. “No regrets, Mr. Smyth

t married, and we’re

get the wedding certificate and go? Were

Damien spoke up. “You never gave me you

, and the two of them added each other on

f you need

ed at his phone out of the corner of her eye, not

range about it all, she though

ormation as his name, but after seeing the word

his phone suddenly rang. The words died on his

b by the side of the road to le

stopped beside him and the man