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anger against her will. Arranged marriages aren't a thing in today's world! I scoffed, glaring at my moth

werhouse only I knew about, which is another reason why I despised being around her. Not only that, but I even changed m

reaki

n't proud of my decisions, but during those years, Mrs. Blackwell never bothered to ask about her only daughter. Yet, just yes

marry whoever you wan

f rudely, but she i

have you been doing in Africa, Russia, and

u enough time to find a husband and g

uldn't understand why fate took my father away instead of her. My entire childhood was filled with memories of him, and I

care," I

nally reached for the remote and turned on the TV.

without a boyfriend. I had you when I was nineteen." She slowly r

n running around the Blackwell mansion,"

straight years since we last had dinner together as a family, so I know this is a

atedly. "Taylor, you reall

cold and strong from her, but I was nothing like her.

nd unwavering gaze, making direct eye contact with me, projec

on as possible. I can't afford to take ch

grace and confidence in her abilities to sugarcoat her word

efited her. I bit my lip, my eyes drifting away as I got lost in my own thoughts. Accepting this ma

e unrequited. And that was better that way. Two years ago, I crossed paths with him again at the White House when I was a communications di

unrequited love, I rigged the elections in his favor two years ago, and the guilt still haunts me. Returning to the USA on my mother's orders had a

of my daze. "I gave you a total of five minutes." She raised he

ous, keeping a stopwatch a

a decade already, and he was married, with a wife who stood by his side as the first lady. W

aid. "Do you care for our last lunch before you get

the stairs to my room. I had no interest in having lunch w

for a family dinner!" Her voi