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me to marry him; informally and suddenly, and as we both stood in his office, the air conditioning un

being for real,

w this is a surprise to you but, believe it or not, I am being serious. You see, I have a slight

tbeat, sir," I replied, trying to process the whole thing. He was being serious; I could see that look of con

e. Time is of the essence; me accessing full control of this company and the en

ts before walking towards his table, which was clearly an

knot, then live together for six months, at best. When I say 'live together', I don't mean 'sleep together'; we just hg to be on the same house for it to look realistic. The divorce papers would be then prepared - after

s right hand out of his pocket, gestu

ss on a contract marriage basis. But, then, I thought of Robin and Xana's betrayal, I thought of my sorry financial state, I thought

, I will m

ent from one of expectancy to relief and

Jefferson Danvers can't be seen in such horrendous clothes

d, feeling pauperiz

righ

in, and I could see that his face took on a worried loo

, ask,"

job? Am I to be you

his as an unconventional promotion.. I'll hire anoth

oid of tension. I then took the time to look at him properly, and I cou

noticed my stares and remarked, without looking at the road, "With all that s

ndow and didn't look towards him again until he brought the vehicle

get you some

ses and full sleeved gowns which were the 'billionaire wife' look - I felt so light. The pain of Robin's be

t myself - the new and improved version - after having tried

ng to the cashier who was totalling

ook?" I said, ca

action, and he slowly nodded his head like someone whose investment ha

son Danver's wife," and

ulder was but I didn't know it was big enough that he wouldn't eve

ings to the car.. I'll catch

company apartment which had been mentioned in the job listing. So engrossed in my thoughts was I

ng up at the person I'd bumped into. The impending apology di

u done enough? And why the hell are

disheveled and

. And your new boyfriend," he said, looking past me and towards

realized that I didn't need to explain myself to an

she never really loved you; she did all she did to spite me; she let you have her to spite me. She was jealous of w

.." he started,

nd I will no longer listen to you, e

he distance between us and raising a hand towards m

ything o

front of me and be face to face with Robin. He eclipsed R

od," before turning and walking out of the store, cro

?" Jefferson aske

irection which Robin h

I used

wards Jefferson's car, hoping to get in and be done with the da

s name, are yo

anvers can't shop in peace without his

morning, but because I was still hungover at the time, I struggled to remember whose name it was

arth was