His Contract Wife
he candy crush app instead. She didn't want
and they were raising a toast to the couple. Leila reache
s her be
s paired except her. One more rea
is Kelvin guy and she didn't ta
Are yo
this wedding my best fr
a could bet her left ankle that Freya would have dragged her out
ored out of my mind. Weddings are not my thing but a single ma
my best friend. I lost it to my
was rambling b
I'm bor
oice either and now my best friend is nowhere to
ally wish I
your ticket to leaving bo
er. Kelvin didn't have a face on his profile so she had no expectat
Are you
in:
le makeup, hair down, waiting for her prince charming to show up. Lol. You can easily hear the music
t off her back for a minute. Speaking of best friends, Freya was taking to
up. Will be b
sons for her to
ied squeaked, she looked u
ot stranger was her Tinder match. "Sad lady waiting for her prince charming, remember? Well, I'm here now. Be sad no mor
to roll her eyes. Up close she could see his eyes were
he found it. Leila dropped the wallet beside his phone. "Looks familiar?" He opened his mouth but she bea
and her lips twitched from fighting off a smile. "I'm so sorry. My sister w
ed, clearly interested
lot. Her curiosity was piqued but the young man said nothing.
you can. I
better company than Carlson. Maybe Freya was right. Carlson was
ank
trailed to his chest hidden under
Kelvin
acutely aware how handsome he was. But she had to ask. S
s your
furrowed. "I do
cousin. It's your body, right?" Kelvin's mouth opened but no word came out of him. She was making their meeting
and undid the top button of his
n an oven, she shook her head.
er colouring his voice. She rela
eely for the fir
accepted a glass of sparkling wine from her. Leila was still nursing her first glass so she
e drinking so mu
new waiter over and requested f
day?" s
ass, taking slow sips from it
t," Leil
she fiddled with the strap of her pu
d sounded pleasing on the phone, a good way to forget about the disaster that happened
l stay here
acy placed on her table. The band was playing a slow song to match th
eople get married?" he asked
"Yes. It's a b
at didn't exist to Leila. She sipped from the glass of wine used for the toast and took a go
he used her hair to cover the
ink about marri
e picked a diced apple from the fruit tray and r
t either.
shed the rest of her canapés and he pushed his to her front.
s harder than it seems. I kind of miss the old
ooked better when smiling or smirking. "You could find yo
e they didn't know. It was a no from her but Kelvin's eyes
k?" His tone was as light as he
her drink and shuddered. Emboldened, she s
. He was taking the joke seriously. Kelvin's eyes darted around the garden and he scratched the back of his neck.
cra
d him up from top to bottom, then gave him
ha
the craziest. And the fact she was thinking about it mad
ules. There wil
uttered, "You want me to be
the idea. Heck, it was a good one. But marriage? Straighta
n confessed with a sad laug
her words, she ad
d she forgot everything she should have said. His tongue swiped