fore she finished speaking. "Please don't get the wrong idea," she said quickly. "I'm not trying to use the baby to

n. "Once the baby's born safe and sound, we'll go our separate ways. I won't ask you for a

n the other end was so thic

essed the phone harder to her cheek, terrifi

ine-cool, detached, impossible to read, holdin

htly, weighing her request the way som

ed on, each one hea

ee to such a bizarre arrangement? Could she find someone else in time? If it came do

she felt hope slip through her fingers, Wil

weak. Seizing the moment, she spoke quickly. "So, Mr. Lewis, if you're free right now

t me at the City Hall in an hour. Bring your documents. My

ed without missing a beat. In that moment,

ched up her documents, a

less suit was already waiting with a briefcase in

were led into a qu

perwork, sliding it across the table. "Ms. Fowler, Mr. Lewis asks th

pages, struck by how thoro

appen with property after the divorce, and spelled out in detail how custody and

refully chosen words. Their marriage was business

rney pointed, moving steadily from one signature line to the next. By

agreement was signed,

epped out, dressed simply in a crisp white shirt and bla

on her face for just a moment. "Did you sign

Vivian

s hea

. Less than twenty minutes later, t

he moment they stepped outside, f

e country for work. I'll be back in three days. After that, someone will come take you to

icate safely in her purs

drop y

ickly. "There's no need.

imbing out of a luxury sedan or discovering that she had just married the h

tion, she hailed a cab

Archie and Melinda camped in the l

, you'll come with me to the hotel tonight. Devin wants to meet y

t the crisp marriage certificate on

em, their faces frozen in shock. "Don't bother trying to pair me up with