Marriage For Convenience

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e library where I had been hiding all day from her and my

reading, trying to keep

re a photo of you, and

because Salvatore had approved of my looks. I swallowed hard. "Tha

lestina, really, I don't thi

etting used to, the idea of marrying him, Aunt Josephine. Don't worry, by th

ged not to flinch at every touc

reco insists things progress quickly. The

r, the color draining from my face. "Four weeks?

epare myself for marrying a Greco-if I co

most popular dresses are already sold out, but they assured me that they h

to make an appointment with the best bridal store in New York. New York seems the most sensible choice, given that we can't expect the wif

" I asked

it wond

," I manag

gure out the best place to hold the wedding. It's not going to be New York

enough other optio

, smiling. "I should call a few flor

til we knew where the celebrations would take place. This w

I closed my e

until my we

lvatore would want

t a way to hide that someone h

me, and I pressed a

d. "Did my mother already talk to

It's like they can't throw you at Greco quickly enough, as if they'

I'd worry anyway. My nights would be haunted by

s. He showed me a video of Salvat

choed. "Where

the other end. "Don

tightene

the D'Angelo uses to show their ca

e log in in

esti

d with this monster the first time on our wedding night, I'd bolt. I needed to s

end for a while until I heard muffled voices. After what felt like forever, Alejandra spoke again. "Do you h

ept close by when I read a book; I liked wr

alm, I walked to my room to grab my laptop. My fingers shook as I logged into the forum. There was a list of fights from the last few years.

o old to be Salvatore Greco. A hush went through the crowd and another man stepped into the cage, taller than the first, and I froze. Fo

and knives and screaming faces, and more images and words I couldn't make out. The flames traveled d

focused but compl

d hard and fast, without mercy, even as his opponent fell to his knees. Salvatore was on top of him in a heartbeat, ramming his knee into the man's back so he sprawled out on the bloody floor. Even that wasn't enough. Salvatore wrapped his forearm around the man's throat and cut off his air. His opponent thrust his elbow into Sal

his was the man I wa

aunted my dreams as he hovered over me and broke me, but this night it

out dresses, but I was too upset to engage in any kind of interaction. I was glad when Alejandra joined us in the

ore I trained my gaze on the w

d pas

Unlike many women, I didn't have a dream dress. I never looked at wedding dresses unless I was at a wedding.

guard inside the store becaus

or rushed over to us.

Alejandra, Caroline, and Aunt Josephine looked at me, and the vendor touched my arm. "Exciting, isn't it? You're going to be a breathtaking bride. I can tell."

followed her toward the displ

s you'd choose for me?" I asked, sinki

the vendor, but at this po

mmediately and set out to look

proved. However, after a moment she beg

s jealous. Too flashy, too eye-catching, just too much. Not me at all. Luckily, Ca

I chose a simple white mermaid, off-the-shoulder dress with lace trim around the neckline. A sheer veil was attached to the neckline as well and fell down my back and over my bare arms so I didn't feel quite so exposed.

gentle smile. She was still tryi

o hide them well over the years. It was th

Alejandra nodded, her eyes watering, and even Aunt Josephine seemed pleased with my choice- even if it wasn't as flashy as she'd originally planned. "You look very elegant and sophisticated. A true lady."

reat me as a lady. The man I saw fighting in t