Substitute Marriage: Marrying The Disabled Billionaire

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d the instruction in her head. Find the m

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air sat parked

ting in it, his head bowed as he a

aid shirt or the standard hospital-issue chair. Chrissy didn't hesitate. She walked briskly toward him. The hard heels of her scuff

ht in front of

her lips into the gentle, submissive smile she had

nds clasped tightly in front of he

er voice steady and earnest

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this strange woman standing ov

naire. The Vega family had warned her that Arch Rush III was a ruth

dollars for her family's bankrupt compa

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. But I promise you, I will fulfill every duty of a wife. I wi

eache

he man's shoulder. She patt

your legs," she added, her ton

e shrank back against the vin

s eyes wide with panic.

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er hand hung suspended in the empty air between them. He

word of apology, a sound slic

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amusement and raw authority it felt like a buc

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ith a dangerous edge. "It seems your eyesi

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d in the shadows of a marble p

custom-built, matte-black carbon

d, pitch-black haute couture suit th

ually on his knuckles. His dark eyes locked onto hers, analyzing he

e carved from stone. Through the glass doors behind them, she could just make out the imposing silhouette of

eck, setting her cheeks on

bing against the pad of her index finger-a nervous habit deve

e mild prosopagnosia. Face blindness. I can't recognize

g right through her excuse. "As long as the man is

like a physical sl

s slumped. The air

f blood bloomed on her tongue. She forced herself to lif

rs together. She let the mask

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ard stepped forward and gripped the handles of the carbon fiber w