Legally Married by Mistake

ht shift at St. Anne's was chaos - again. Babies crying, alarms beeping, doctors barking orders like drill sergeants.

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an B

, but the name popped up anyway - the man who, thanks t

e screen and

meone who'd never been yelled at by an ER do

rough gritted teeth. "I'm up to m

said, unbothered. "W

. It's called a marriage certificate. I a

's tone tightened. "My grand

oze. "T

tes automatically. Apparently, she

e," Leah muttered.

my entire family she's flying

e bridge of her

d dryly. "Which brin

e proposing again? Should I sta

e my wife for a few weeks. Just until m

"You're out

If I file for annulment now, she'll think something's wron

he interrupted, incredulou

the legal side. You won't have to pay a thing

s station, wondering what alternate universe she'd st

m temporary partn

that makes it soun

ther is... persistent. And she

t up an octave. "You didn'

newsworthy. My firm han

ples. "This just ke

drian said quietly. "A stipend. Pl

sister's college fees, and her ancient car, her budget wa

d finally. "You co

nfortunately, are already legally bound to me. And

he cup of cold coffee in h

. "But it might save us

em, filled only by the dista

said, "I'll th

he said softly. "G

before he

-

ble thoughts. She stared at the crumpled marriage certificate still buried i

spital, a single white envelope slipped out

was a

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. "Terms. Like I'm

r her shoulder. "Ooh, fancy

. "Somethin

ed. "About

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