Forced To Marry My Adoptive Sister

r above cast a golden glow over the room, making everything seem far too elegant for the storm brewing inside h

ating calmness, sipping his black coffee as if t

plate, the sharp sound breaking the silence. "Are yo

to meet hers. "Would it ch

in her chair. "You're acting like

azily against the table. "Because that's exactly

ed. "I didn't

ow. "No? You could

let everything my father built fall i

you understand why I don't waste time dwell

reduced their forced union into numbers and signed papers.

nshakable exterior of his, but before she could, the butler entered.

s stomac

ally ha

his suit jacket with eff

toward the study feeling like a

wyers laid out the contract on the heavy mahogany desk. Celeste sat s

plained, adjusting his glasses. "During this period, any attempt to dissolve th

, but his face remained unreada

party has a claim to the other's wealth post-dissolution. Public appearances as a co

ste interrupted,

the contract toward her.

eavy as she reac

ger be just Celeste Amara Wicaksana. S

st time. He was already signing his

just b

herself as she pressed the pe

r bedroom mirror, staring at her own reflection.

embroidery of her silk robe

rtled her. Before she c

stepped

Do you not understand t

aze settling on her. "We need t

"Simple. You stay in your

as if amused. "That may work in private,

gainst her arms. "And how

ce overwhelming. "By making sure

ard. "And what exac

his lips. "Husband and wife, Cele

ffortlessly he claimed a role in her l

doorway. "The wedding is in two weeks.

like that,

exhaled

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e that he never made deals wher