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llowed by the sound of gl
ants would've gotten soaked. Luckily, she was wearing pants
e bed, clearly irritated and disheveled-he was the
band, Cosmo
once the truth came out-that Eloise wasn't really the biological daughter of the Lopez family-everything changed.
illegitimate son of the powerful Montes family, as a way of re
enly insisted on mar
nnection to the influential Dominguez fam
all of Tagaytay. A man admired by everyone: intelligen
zed, most women stayed away. Otherwise, Elo
w he once had was gone. Now he was bit
ear me?!" he snapped, annoyan
es, no pity either. She didn't even look
spoke gently,
en why are you still
ied calmly, "Cosmo, we have an ag
her. "So what? That doesn't mean
nodded. "I
nsettling about how s
need to dig deeper into her story. He
she didn't want this marriage either.
do you understand?
stand your anger. You didn't want t
" he replied
rd, calm and steady. "Cosmo
and ready to make her life hell. But if she didn't take the first step, she
the bed, clearly uncomfortable. When Eloise knelt in fr
he fell off the bed, he'd need help. And the last thi
talk about! Get ou
sation. We may not have wanted this marriage, but this is our reality now. It would be
at me. And you-so eager to get married. What are you after? Isn't it obvious? You just
They were drowning in debt. They were desperate to marry off one of
financial ruin. It rescued them from a crisis and, through the marriage alliance,
the Lopezes' real daughter. But they took care of me for
mirked.
ure, but he didn't buy it. Would she really give up her
or not, I just want to return th
smo, they would've married
is position in the Montes family, met with clients, closed
of the family. Not long after, he took control of several major com
elp the Lopez family. Because of that, the elders in the Lopez family often turne
ventually grew tired of it. That's when
ouple to maintain the company's image. But behind c
ith the Lopez family early-before they could use h
id. She had already lost her title as a legitimat
much weight. The best-case scenario was for someone lik
she ended u
h-she also inherited the power and pre
one eyebrow raised. "I s
ead. "Then let's m
e wasn't even a hint of sarcasm
her true intentions. "You can hire a
"Are you being se
t she wanted in the agreement,
show up together in public as husband and wife, I'll cooperate-but t
emained
your help to deal with them, you have to be my backup. You don't need to show up in person o
idn't r
once the time is right, I want a divorce-and when tha
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