Dear Ex, I Married Your Uncle

astonishment cross

t everything, yet Eleanor's actio

received, Eleanor repeated the questi

and regarded the woma

ging to her lashes, looking so vul

His reply was c

herself, she spoke quickly, yet every point was deliberate and clear. "You're close to me in age, a

l be faithful to you. I'll never

's brows lift

sked, "The scar on my face doesn't bot

to the scar etched across his right c

he would face countless hardsh

isaster Cary had dragged her into

ns. What matters to me is character and how we connect. Besides

heard someone claim that ma

lips. Something unreadable stir

d herself for rejection, Adrian slowly lifted his hand toward

put

vel, the icy edge from earl

his mouth, shock swept thro

actually

turn of events. After all, Adrian w

amily's dignity and prevent a public spectacle. That

became the consensus a

or carefully slipped the ring

rise, it fi

, disbelief etched across hi

th nothing more tha

t rooted Cary to the spot. Cold sweat broke ou

one of the most formidable figures in the Moo

ind Eleanor, Cary knew he ha

tended to marry Eleanor. In his mind, this was merely

neuvered his wheelchair toward Eleanor a

stood motionless, still strug

er was brief and direct. "We

..

e certificate and a photo the photographer had just handed

n impossible fantasy that

l, leaving her hair disheveled, while hours

as inscrutable as ever. The scar on his face only seem

, and Eleanor's lingering stiffness, they

day's wedding?" Ele

rian's gaze never l

my family-" Eleanor

his wheelcha

tting sun softened the sh

gaze, he absently rotated the ring on his finge

re adding with unmistakable disdain, "I have no int

clearer. There would be another wedding, but it

could think of a response, a black Mayba

. Bowing respectfully toward Adrian, he reported, "Mr. Moore, everything at the hotel

Cary's mother, Adr

changed. Turning toward Eleanor, he added

d in confusion

evenly. "For now, our marriag

iefly before underst

ary, she had immediately married his uncle instead. If news

embarrassment for both the

was one thing, but legally becoming

dded. "You mean we keep th

n's eyes, as though he hadn't anticip

t bother you

Honestly, I need time to sort out m

my father's side are complicated. If they learn I've

id, but Adrian needed

ed by enough interna

autiously. "It probably wouldn't be appropriate

ilent for a b

t wou

s family's prominence would ensure news of thei

" Adrian made the decision without hesitatio

red he might insist otherwise, but than

'll go home first and deal with

ent before saying suddenly,

inked. "My

" Adrian articulated each w

e felt her cheeks warm, yet she nodded with co

instead instructed his assistant, Kevi

erst

tically from the vehicle, and Kev

glanced back toward Eleanor, who

warm golden glow, softening even t

tact me immediately." His

nodded.

ally disappeared

Mrs. Moore, I'm Mr. Moore's personal assistant, Ke

elf addressed as "Mrs. Moore" felt str

ty code will be sent to your phone shortly. The other is a credit card he prepared for you. It has no spending limit, and you'

ake Es

town, a place rumored to house only the city's most in

accept the access card, but I can't take the credit card.

way, he opened another car door for her

faded into the distance through the rear window,

man she had barely exchanged a few

in the days ahead, she

d escaped that humiliating we

that wa

she would face on