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from her business trip would lead her straight to
herself. Alexander Marsh held a slim young woman close
at they stayed unaware of her presence
from the marble floor spread through her body, making her
cleared at the last second. Instead, she ste
reement for me," she
dn't confront Ale
ly get messier. She needed evidence first
a hotel and dropped onto the be
nking about how everything between
married, everyone talked about how the Marsh hei
articular, never hid their disapproval. They looked down on her background and
any of it. Now, she had to fac
were all the same. Didn't matt
e after the wedding. She kept believing her love wo
n notice the moment she fell asleep. By the time she woke t
elf, put on a composed f
office, Alexander had
ng a pile of documents and walked
a few files that ne
ived late, didn't mana
f the young woman pulling away from Alexander, fixing
ression, Gabriela quietly shut the
coffee in the break room. C
t a slow breath as she fought down the
h her coffee, the office look
ink plush toy near his desk, and the bold gaze peeking fr
xander said as he signed
o. You didn't pick up, so I figured you were occupied
You rarely go abroad. Haven't you always wanted to visit that country? You
ime Alexander had looked down on her, using the fact that her
cted. Some things just lose their
ely. Something about her felt off after this trip. Just as he
out checking them. "Remember the family dinner the day after tom
a faint smirk. "Try harder this time.
he spoke to her so casually, without
m picking out fresh seafood to cleaning it carefully and ad
eason she managed to gai
r his love for her, someone like her wouldn't
er from speaking up, no ma
l, everything she had
d, avoided his gaze, gave no resp
out and grabbed her waist. "Ella,
e office, Gabriela pulled away in
ice steady. "I
act like this. I don't hav
ay anything," Gabriela replied in a c
ared after her, his jaw
ad always bothered him. Since they were now married, he intended to t
r tasks with her coworkers, ensured everything was settle
nder's car parked beside hers, and th
indow, only to find the two people insi
k out her phone and snapped a pho
e saw no reason to remain. She got into he
n, prompting him to glance outside as the vehicle
ave been Gab
through him a
belonged to Gabriela or if sh
ms lifted her head, confusion
almost instantly. "Th
dy in the bedroom. She rested against the headbo
searched for any sign t
ownstairs, no matter how late it was. Today,
, intending to pull her into his ar
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