She Was The Joke, Now She's The Queen

spectacles, peering at the copy of the

ted is counterfeit. Our records show no marriage regi

ened when she

speak, but no words came

ttered, her voice almost inaudible. "We

th: I can't find any information about your marriage in our system. If you bel

the copy of the marriage certifi

bled when they b

for the past two years turned o

nley halted on the steps,

re quiet to untangle the storm of t

nearby and ordered an iced bl

but it could not compare to the

ge from Colin. "Brinley, what would you like for d

in her as Brinley stared at

eath, she typed, "Don

replied, "Alright. I'll b

didn't r

ed the clock; it w

sit to Colin's office withou

d in a modern tower on t

ugh that the receptionist recognized her at once

loor, and she stepped out, following t

iar voice drifted from the break room. "I'm conflic

r body stiffening as though the w

pressed herself against a c

tend to do, the

mediately. It belonged to Vance

Brinley while marrying Milly Ru

e a violent blow. She had to

was she? Colin was

ke a blade slicin

pursue her career abroad, I was heartbroken. Then Brinley came along... she remind

she tasted the metallic tang of

hat she was?