Marriage of Convenience and nothing more

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cutlery. "Remember, we invited him here for lunch

sbelief written all over her face. "You call me cari

t onto the plate. The sound clattered through the dining room. "Mo

into a thin line,

oice rising. "Every decision you make for me isn't about

warned, her

I cut in coldly. "You're the

ht then, tell me. What exactly is wrong with

t over?" My fingers curled into fists on the

e was answ

r, my voice tight with anger. "The same woman I trusted

nreadable, but I saw the qu

you really want me to r

ocating, thick wit

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e flinched, tightening her grip o

ng my voice but making s

same woman you

ce rang out across the table, firm yet

asn't f

e company's benefit." I turned back to my mother, meeting her unflinching gaze. "Ta

silence

my chair back with a scrape, stood

-

staring blankly at the ceil

en there?" Dave's voice j

a hand over my face

o, you're sayin

lly hear the smi

," I

But you do know what this means,

at the clock. It w

uttered, standing up and s

we just star

he call

to my pocket, I hea

g soup on the stove, my m

at contract was

manipulative streak, that hunger for power

something about her

eady started thinkin

o

ght away. I wouldn't go down that

eart get involved, it ne

ng the rich aroma of the sou

been since I l

could gra

g d

ncing toward t

expecti

el, I made my way to the

w her, my mood

od there,

d, stepping inside lik

, and my grip tightened on the do

she casually tossed h

s that any way to g