na
cracked. What had I just done? Out of everyone, it was him I turned away fromthe one holding the key I needed most. The floor numbers blurred as the e
the sun did nothing to reach me. Nowhere was waiting for me anymore. A
d. Not home. Not anymore. Just somewhere I could exist. The moment I stepped inside, I felt it-that tight pull
e... the bride
o innocent...
ess might break me. At the front desk, I forced my
card, please." I handed it over. She inserted it, paused,
t possible," I said quickly.
ning my bank app-and froze. My account was locked. Of course. My father. A shaky breath le
r. Once. Twice. The call ended both tim
king
rembled as
ement. Elena Vale is no longer part of their pl
So fast..." I whispere
cement bride. Due to her immoral behavior,
harder than anything else. So that
ang again-m
sharp and cold, "what
ir,
eatening to withdraw." My fingers tightened around the phone. "If you ca
spe
my head. Career. I
ended just
of the road, where a wooden bench sat quietly. Without thinking, I lowered myself
cep
tay. No family. No name. No future. A hollow laugh slipped from my li
UV stopped in front of me, tires crunching softl
an St
co
he had known all alon
eed a ride
"Are you f
isappearing. "No," he said smoothly. "I
said it. Not cruel. Not
inside me. He didn't rush me. Didn't persuade me. He sim
dlines. More humiliation. More p
nt, letting the darkness set
gn," I sa
fir
cognition. As if this had always been inevitable. He stepped ou
he same-cold, controlled, powerful.
the table within
opped to th
Between Elena Vale
oat tig
out," he said calml
ch page felt heavier than the last. Public marriage. One y
n-I take
nt nothing... yet
eone I had only
ought I loved. Now, I was about to bind myself to a man w
emotion. Ju
ansac
teady. One signature. One decision. One ir
at him. "Once I sign this.
ld mine, col
xac
d between us, h
and m
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