Deceptive Marriage

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up with red, swollen eyes? All questions received a vague, if not any, answer. Abigail just wanted to forget about the miserable night. For a split second, she was starting to grow a

iving at work, almost every other co-worker congratulates her once again for her engagement, and yet, Benjamin was nowhere in sight even though she knew he'd be working toda

creen and the other side of her desk. Her head lifts in surprise since s

n appropriate greeting. The look on her father's face didn't ease her anxiety. She's seen that ex

that creased his forehead were just as deep as his frown. "I haven't seen you co

Still, she forced a smile. "Everything is fine, Dad. It was just a late night last night. I'm a little sleepy is all. Besides, me and Benjamin are working on two completely separate things

ack at his daughter again. This time his eyes have an apologetic look in them. "Perks are your happiness, don't for

g her father to drop this on her. "What?? Bu

er shady with his affairs outside of business are always vague. Not much is in his background other than he comes fro

rry about me. As I said, work comes first and Benjamin understands that. He's be

"Alright, Abi. I trust you." He then walks over and gives her f

s office and as soon as he was gone, Abigail's smile immediately vanishes and she struggles to stop the tears that started to bead up on the corners of her eyes. She hated lying to her father, truly.

I just need to hold on a l

l has no idea what she's getting into. All she knows is that Benjamin was in the type of trouble that'l

hair. After a conversation with her father so sickening that it made her nauseous, she had to get out of her

nji

nd Abigail quietly moves over to the frosted glass window. Though she couldn't see the details, she could clearly make out that Benjamin was sitting behind his des

ack in his chair and crosses his arms. Though Abigail couldn't see the e

gives a feminine laugh as if something had just tickled her. "

to understand?" Abigail could hear an edge in Benjamin's voice. The m

ilence and Delilah scoots closer until she could easily sit on his lap if she wanted to. "If this isn't a prank f

w? Will he call off the wedding? Though her thoughts headed straight for the lie she was doing her hardest to make b

hours. And when Benjamin spoke, he gave nothing away through his tone. "Like I sai

ughing from a hilarious joke. "That's funny, coming from

han just intimate...? Was it

njamin's until it was hard to tell the two apart. The brushed her hand down his cheek slo

y runs her fingers through his hair. "I mean, you got m

. And flings eventually come to an end." Benjamin says blu

." She murmurs right before Abigail hea

kly walked away from Benjamin's office before she could see or hear

ing about us isn't real. So why shoul

an't get the nauseating feeling to go away. Lie or not, it still hurt k