doors of City Hall that Addie finally paused to take a
his face still smudged with grime from the construction site. But beneath t
It was a goo
"I dragged you here to get marri
I? You physically pulled me away from my job. I just lost half a month's wages for walking
cash, and pressed it toward him, her voice carrying a note of pleading. "I'll pay y
money in her hand but
as level, but there was an edge beneath it. "I've never even held a girl's hand before. Now, ou
ud was what truly made
, and he had been spending a few weeks undercover on a construction site, quietly investigating sa
happened during this undercover op
ints. Her mind was already racing ahead
no going back. And Jennings, vindictive, controlling Jennings, would absolutely use their broken engage
, had been propped up by Hayes Corp funding for so long that it had become entirely dependent on him. Even
came first. I
. A legal, binding document that would make
ack into a wedding if she wa
in thought, when the man's
tone shifting. "Maybe
p warm and calloused and surprisingly gentle, and began
a ghost of a smile playing at the corner o
en up at his profile. Something about the qui
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