fully got in. The leather passenger sea

nd high end. Was she sit

piece of paper from her bag and spread it out. "By the way, we have to make an agreement be

ed the paper to Bri

and glanced

looked battered, the handwri

d found the agreement to be reasonable enough. It was good that Kate bothered to write up an agreem

the marriage certificate." Kate pointed at the blank line o

ed him a pen s

it seemed that she had done this

name. Then, he asked casually, "

t her straight answer might have made her look a little desperate, so she quickly s

d pen back to Kate and fixed his dark eyes on her. He did no

e. They were dark like the night before dawn

was trying to stare thr

t was only then that she realized that her heart was pounding wildly agains

il they arrived at the lo

t the red marriage certificate. Kate held it tightly in her hand. In th

ng that was all new to her. She just stared at the document for a long time. I

enced it very simply. She knew she was supposed to feel elated, but she did not feel anything remotely c

felt no pain. Then, she

She pinched her left cheek, bu

ooked straight ahead. It was a warm day,

vil affairs bureau like in the movies?

ould a ghos

oked sideways. She saw that the man next to her, who was a head tall

his thin lips and asked in a leisure voice, an

aved Brian's hand off her face. She pressed a palm agai

leave, he smirked at her and said, "I hope you know what you're doin

not allowing his

e Brian was right. She really fe

desire in her heart. In order to be able to live happily with Sherry and get ever

g, she caught

u soon. Bye." Brian got in the car and slammed the door. He squinted at Kate who was a

s sitting comfortably in the driver's seat and looking at her with

nted, and smiled sweetly. Her voice was as sweet

hen, he drove away. His car must either be new or wel

uriously stared at his car, which was now a considerable distance away, and

mpression of him had dropped significantly. If this were an exam, s

s boiling with anger,

he mood to deal with anyone right now. She glance

t allowed here." The man handed her a ticket. The words writt

Caw

hovering overhead

she was able to pay the one-hundred-dollar fine after rummaging through her bag. As a result, sh

the office, Kate felt her entire body burn, not just her legs and c

a, her colleague, stared at her while she desperately held on to

dy asked about her real name, she just told how she liked the name "Lora"

ggered forward, one hand braced against the wall for

t she still went and took her hand. S

er back on her chair and spread her tired legs in front of her. She honestly could not rememb

?" Lora's desk was next to Kate's, so the

to Lora and answered, "I wen

ively. Obviously, she did n

an end then?" Lora smirked at

getting married are so slim that I can only get married

ir. She met Lora in college. They were in the same clas

e between acquaint

friends and had learned to rely on each other. Although Lora could be a little

side out, Kate did not feel like explaining to Lora. Anyway, she wa

Without getting any reply from Kate, Lora decide

heir first day in the company, Lora had been talking about Li Group's suppo

not only suspiciously exaggerated but also awfully accurate do

open so that Lora's voice would just enter through one and exit through the

said something. She asked, "L

im. Her body, which was almost waving and dancing, also stiffened. In

CEO before. Since they were low-ranking employees in the comp

uld only b

o! The direc

y straightened up. She took out a piece of tissue and wiped her desk clean

and all the staff in the offic