h's
grandfather approached me, and I quickly withdr
,' I prayed inwardly. I had a r
nge of pride
is face a mix of delight and confusion
?" she ask
rowing her a
no wonder she was able to get into
f and not interfered, none of this would have happened. B
was
ible for Joshua and the other guy not to notice her touch, so I had to do something to clear t
in either anger or embarrassment as she stared at my
herself rather qu
" she said, clearing her throat and
ing with women anymore, not outside of a bedro
oat again. "I'm Lena, by the way," she said afte
urprise. She actually brought
my OCD? Everyone in thi
asked nervously, w
meant she knew nothing about my OCD, o
he had certai
sed by her like I a
ponder later. For now, findi
eaving the confused lady staring after
o she was, but first I ha
.
na'
passed. Two f
terious, and yet fate seemed
the roofless restaurant part. The men who had been chas
days, and trouble was already finding m
I inwardly countere
d, then realizing I was too loud, quieted down wi
ly. If they weren't at a bar, they we
followed it, which led me to this club. It was grand and lavish, and I was immediately intrigued. I clung to the sha
erted his partner, and soon, they were
I was a first-class con artist, for crying out loud! It
is club already," I sighed, shoving m
e, and I had one m
lled 'walking money,' referring to the wealthy old men. If I
in my throat as my eyes met the one man who had be
om the back of his head. His ha
e rushing towards him
I cal
him the other night. The man noticed me first and signaled for Mr. Mysterious to
him look even hotter. Lik
unfazed by his scrutinizing gaze from behi
me for a few moments be
ng black eyes came into view. Even wh
in thought. "Are you Layla?" he asked
as my brain began processing all the
was my best f
was he
im, unsure of
angements of our marriage," he
getting marrie
s it one of those arranged marriages where the wealthy
vous idea popped into my head,
I was
na is just my middle name," I
e, from head to toe, before looking back at my face. "And
as wearing a huge brown polo shirt with matching brown shorts. On my f
understood h
dressed like this. I had no idea I'd run into
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