Husband By Error

you're goin

deep, cold,

ee the back of a tall man in an elegant black

where you're going!" she snapped, but

great. Can this day get any worse

r. "I stayed up all night organizing these files for today's presentatio

bumps into me, an

urried inside, clocked in, and half-ran up th

opped. Everyone was already seated-her manag

being a little late," she said polit

ome at noon whi

ice again. I

the speaker-and

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from t

t tell me he'

olor. She bit her low

g there? Sit down. The meeting's abo

ient. He's entrusted our firm to desig

artez. So th

wn. Inside, she was silently praying he wouldn't

this?" Maximilian's cold

me?" she

you leave hom

twent

ten minutes to get here? If you worked

ou've got to be kidding me

ere was a small...

ilian replied flatly. "If everyone used t

lightful combination, Isabella cursed

tez, we apologize for the delay. Shal

answering coolly, "Go ahead. Out of resp

ou, Mr.

y. Twenty minutes? Fin

. Her voice trembled at first, but soon steadied. She

shed, the roo

ed softly. "Excelle

cept Maximilian, who leaned b

ed. "Smart ideas... but

te smile. Perfect man,

vertime, she stretched her arm

quickly, hoping to c

hone

ant

lace to return your book

bel

told me! I'm

ant

me up again. Your book's on your

n hinting about marriage a lot lately. The

years ago, she had been the on

later, she a

hom

asn't lock

und her mother sitting w

e," her mother

own and smiled. "Aunt Martez, it's

've just been busy. My younger son recently came ba

a smiled. "That's wonderful.

r a while-until Mrs. Mar

't just come to catch up. There's som

. The woman hesitated, glancing

about this for quite some time. We...

ed echoed in I

ed most, hoping one of them would laugh and tell her it was a

?" she w

n nodded

already has someone in his

re both buried in work. I just want to see one of them settle down and find happ

e... ten

ughed, if only it

could continue, Mrs. Martez claspe

oon be in-laws!" she

agining a future that Isabella had never agreed to.

ice calm but firm. "Aunt-Mom,