rey
rty thousand dollars by noon, or the mobile cardiac trans
hospital lobby, dialing Aaron's
try, he fin
ground noise was filled with soft classical mus
ve important thi
y minutes," I said, biting my lip hard to desp
thousand of it was deposited directly from my mother's pension! It i
nted marriage," Aaron answered coldly. "I agreed to play her fiancé this afternoon to accompany her and
nt complet
playing house with another woma
Don't make it sound like a scandal. If you want that wedding fund, come straight to the club this afternoon, behave yourself, apologi
my own family's money?" My voice dropped to freezing point, every word dri
elf." Aaron said, and mer
at my mother who was slumped on the
he severe early penalty fee, maxed out three credit cards for cash advances, and used my
d the cashier thirty thousand
le ICU unit and transferred him all the way to the
iac center's ICU and prepped for surgery, I left my mother
bedroom safe to get my birth certificate, passport, and the pr
artment 14B, I pressed my thumb
ed, and a mechanical sy
led. Unrecognized
ter passcode we had
de. System locked
ly swung open f
he custom monogrammed bridal silk bathrobe th
ack tea, looking me up and do
hanged all the smart lock passcodes this morning. He said since I'm living her
. "Get out of my way. I am going into the
oking the corner of her lips as she casually picked up a thick
handwritten guest list and seating chart. He said it would save us a lot of
ock at the bin
stroke by stroke by hand. It contained my mother's neat cursive handwriting,
ns I had poured my heart and soul into, just to th
athroom. He was dressed in a custom navy blue
tting into a deep frown when he saw my pale face and mud-stained clothes. "Didn't I te
ve her my wedding binder?!" I looked at the man I had
ying in the hospital right now, so our wedding is obviously postponed indefinitely. Bella's engagement party urgently needed a ready-made te
ld watch and grab
ransport fee, just be a good girl, sit at the spare table next to the kitchen,
idal robe, and looked at that notebook where my
round, walked back down the carpeted h
ly opened, I heard Aaron s
the club. She has no other way out. Sooner or later, she
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