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u okay,

. The blue light from his computer hit his face, making him look pale in

s. My hands were still shaking so badly

d hot tears spilled over my cheeks. "You will never believe

lling me into

w tightened, and a dark lo

d, his voice sharp and angry. "Why are you

e. "It was an accident, Tyl

ing and crying, and you expect me not to be mad? Every time you leave this apartment, yo

where my friend invited me to go? I went just to eat some good food and forget our money stress for

a rich party? That is brilliant, Elena. Just brilliant. Wh

to a pop-up registry booth with a total stranger. We t

with disbelief and fury"A joke? Yo

lly married, Tyler. The clerk said the state locked the digital file. The law says we cannot get a divorce until after a

looked like he wanted to scream. But then, as my tears kept falling and

orced his face into a soft, caring look. He reached out and

sweet and gentle. "I am sorry I yelled at you, I was shocked. Yo

t a shaky breath. I trusted him completely. I tho

He said his business will crash if people find out. Please promise yo

afe," Tyler whispered back,

with a cold, greedy light. "You are going to be okay.

feeling a tiny

r behind me and turned on the cold water to wash the tears from my skin. I had no idea

laptop keyboard with frantic speed. He did not care about my pain or my

r typed furiously into his editor panel. Exclusive inside source confirms the secret ma

rtment. But he added enough explosive details about the legal office and the corpor

y unaware of what he had just done. I stepped back out into t

isitor counter spin upward into the tens of thousands. He quickly pushed his lapt

r asked, his voice sou

ompletely clueless. "Thank you for being so understanding, Tyler. We

ulders while his other hand gripped his phone tightly in his p