My Fiancee's Audacious Demand

ted pulling clothes from the closet, throwing them into my suitc

League smart, beautiful, a catch. My parents, owners of a successful boutique hotel chain, had been ca

avis. My college friend. The brilliant, popular girl-next-door who'd tutored me

it, but somethi

s slurred, emotional

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n... I'm in Tokyo. Business trip. Drun

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ut. "Please, don't marry Sophia. She's

f the bed, the half-pa

are you tal

. "I've always loved you. Since college. Since that stupid econ stu

eled. Chlo

'm a mess. But I couldn't let you marry her without knowing. You dese

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married y

other end. Then

runk too,

ertainty filling me. "I'v

Chloe. Right now. Fly ba

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kay, Mike. I'll... I'll g

ne, then at the suitcase. A di

ed my

out Sophia and Julian was epic. My fa

. "And that... that peacock Julian! I knew

do, son?" Dad asked,

Dad... Mom... I asked Chloe D

en, my mother again

llege? The one who helpe

s,

his voice. "She always seemed like a sen

d. "Whatever you decide. As for So

as checking out, my phon

bout your... outburst. I must say, I'm not surprised

t say a

e sake of appearances. But you need to apologize. T

n. "There will be no wedding. Soph

respond. The small satisfac