abel
.
uld get pregnant before marriage?" Emily snickered as
storage unit, locked in the fa
" I wasn't stupid enough to believe that all that happened w
f me. "Turns out, the number of hours you spent st
ng to turn her expression grim, and it did. But
e, as she hoped they would. Call it my trickiest luck, but the marriage was fixed on m
attend my wedding. So we could both miss th
down the aisle to receive the degree she'd labored long and hard f
ouldn't go back on her word.
married into a powerful
snapped out of your fantasy and embraced the reality that E
-ringed finger in front of me. "Zach proposed, and not only will I be becoming
ut a love-less marriage of convenience." S
.
ved me having to wear a pink wedding dress and walk down the aisle al
sked to go first and almost feared
as Emmerson's silent mutt
embarrassment of mentioning the bride should be kissed. He simp
ng him to stay and pretend a
.
king's room, and I couldn't help but
een assigned to me by Rebecca Winte
eason why I was here. Which, well... was to provide an heir for the family. Wha
really as archaic as I
eil covering my face, whilst
carrying a child... but the maids insisted that some
merson to be gentle with
xpected was how roug
. I couldn't hold back the tears I'd been h
ow. Graduate uni, get married to Zach, apply for a maste
ut rather something that had been premedit
t turns out, it w
.
as suddenly yanked from behind, and before I could r
denly felt more nauseous
the tiredness that followed,
ounter I would have with her would be in the ba
ives and try to ruin it?" She grabbed my
tried to keep my
as pregnant... The pregnancy had not only taken a toll
ow and ninety-nine percent out of th
er at this point. I still tried to defend myself. Thou
life full of darkness and pain." I winced as her long nails dug into my sk
r from my sight before I can even catch you." That was impossible. Ther
face." And she did; at least she tried when she pushed me to the floor with such force... t
sh out of my body and for a moment there... I pray
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