My Surprise Wedding To The Billionaire

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tay here any

against the thin wall. I really shouldn't be eavesdropping, but I c

e else would she go? I am all she has!" Anna ye

ool. A car accident. It left wounds. The kind that never heal. Anna and I barely made it through the fir

instead to be each other's strengths. Be that tet

, making it easier to get through every day. She was a con

right when he was courting Anna, agreeing to let me live with them until I could figure out my path and get my shit

annot keep feeding and pampering her. She's a grown-ass

ies. "I can't d

me further into my room and closet. I pull out my clothes, wiping

ind my

te what I can for my share of the household expenses, so it's not like I'm a total leech. But that still doesn't sto

t another waitress j

sleep under a br

I'll figure it o

ng my things when I hear a

before she can see it and break down again. The door creaks just as I

and fatigue in her blue doe eyes.

back," I lie, pulling my coat off its hangar. I wrap my hai

out as my fingers

forcing a smile o

ver and red-rimmed. "You kn

s. "Yeah. Love

't fault her for it. Sean is her family now, and they're having a

let her

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But I do, somehow. There's an old woman crossing the street with a cane. The approachin

he driver, yelling at her, like they can't see that moving is already hard enough. She's limpin

movie, where some hero mi

hero would be the

reach her, and I grab her hand and pull her into me before the speeding

next second, snapping h

s, walking past us and I res

s I help her to her feet. Her fingers clutch my

back. "I'm fin

flinch. Since Mom died, no one has ever touched me with th

. "It's alright. I hope someone

as she limps toward a small car parked a fe

ot followi

ut when one gets to be my age, wa

ease don't say what I thi

ered, but he won't bring home a woman. I'm running

m, I

Her eyes are wide and hopeful. "Will you just meet

ing serious. "But you don

pe of person who would risk injury to save a wobbly old l

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me, his lips parting to ask me the same question he

because I didn't know how to turn her down gently. Yea

hot wouldn't agree to marry me. Maybe I fell down in that crosswalk and

simple suit that does not particularly scream wealth or power, there is a grace with which he moves. Sophisticated, yet...simple. His

drop

Chase as your lawfu

he judge. My gaze

't tell what he thinks, and it makes me more anxious. Standing in front of him feels like being in front of a wall

ge who awaits my response, and his words a

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u say to ma

"I'm not

gether, leaning forward across our corner ta

ed nervously. "You can't be ser

smiling. He

s gaze. "You can't just expect me to

not enjoy

, but... I have a

n have a place to sleep that night, not without going back to my sister's and begging.

this life you

the way Ethan spoke. It was charming and humorous and I found myself saying,

ch I opened up to him, yet I had no desire to stop. Maybe he'd hear my sob story and realize I'd sa

done, he said, "Accept my offer and you won't ever have to worry about any of that

was not sure what to say yet, I tried diverting

, and I do not warm yours. We are two people in need, helping each other out. This is for the p

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nd my blood rushing. I couldn't think up a reason to say no. I can't be a burden to Anna anym

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