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calm words that had left him. I turned to the church doors

ld get cancelled and I wouldn'

ng, but was it so bad

be here any

t in the front row and was now stan

hen she contin

t, and it only made the si

o the placard that stood at the far

what looked like affection. I knew it wasn't. She never

vian." She sneer

nausea crawling up my throat

ests here, I was Vivian Lawson, the woman who

but I couldn't even look. Every now and then, I'd glance at the gu

ork. Her eyes glinted with something I couldn'

he urge to hurl the contents of my

an," I wanted

here coul

off as twins if you put us side by

here. Not me. How I w

If the stories were true, then I'd be stuck with a parapleg

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look in my eyes, as her ex

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id I have been jil

breath. "He'll

an affectionate gesture. But I had to stay inhuma

ling. You have noth

ries of what happened the night before hit my mind. Every single o

ther have you

I knew what that look meant. I could

we had been praying for. My father's illness had reached a fatal

ell. But the thought of having to put mysel

y head. "

glared. "V

ng my vision as I took a shaky step

sh my words. Every whisper was hushed i

I wasn't sure

ther's words someh

He wasn't in a wheelchair. And he was no

his way to the altar with the aura

him, jaws hung slack.

my gaze. His dark hair glistened effortlessly,

comparison to him; a man who looked l

g unreadable echoed behind his eyes. "It wo

ing about his words made my stomach churn. In si

um and began. "Dearly beloved, we are gather

as beautiful and dangerous as this. My heart was

to me. "Do you, Vivian Lawson, take this

at me. Cold enough to thaw away at my a

d

almost bored as the priest r

tion or hesitation from him. The officiant smiled and held

ow dangerously close to his. I could feel his wa

rt did a painful backflip. Had he n

lips against mine. A chaste kiss. But one

d to lean back, but he pressed me closer, thread

but that was quickly drowned out

ant to be anything but possessive. This was

from the people in the cathedral. I was daze

irst

d a perfect smile for the cameras. I simply stood ther

ip. His grip on my waist was tighter this time as he p

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time, and he'd already known

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