RO
ur life, Bonita." My Abuela's words rang in my ear
this done, the quicker I could get on with my life. On a normal day, I would have run in the other direction. I mean, I
marrying a man I didn't kno
nd instead focused on the ridiculous amount of people going in and out of the marriage registration office at City Hall. For good
old myself, it's j
e called out and I raised my he
e that after today, I would never have to see him again so what was the point of looking at his face? It
about how rich he was. Seemed like she had been telling the truth. He didn't look fat from the size of his torso, no pot belly
didn't care ab
nted the
was still in our little town in Mexico. Though she didn't know it yet, I was partly doing this beca
e entire ordeal was a blur actually and
icially M
,
urting from how wide a smile I'd worn. I flexed my jaw, cursing. So,
ng me because his shoes were pointing in my direction. His voice sounded rough, like he didn't talk m
at his hand. He was holding out
aring his throat. "You can uh
e really arrogant about his wealth if he didn't care that he was giving a strange
I knew why I was doin
I glanced up to see that
ered to no one. "Goo
ne I'd never even seen before that day? Maybe it
*
months
of my shifts at a restaurant I worked at months after my so-called wedding. She was only a year younger than my twenty-six years, but with her petite build, she looked much younge
for reasons unknown to me as I
t got to my bum. My eyes were a dark shade of brown, my face an oval shape. My cheekbone
wn on the sofa. "How was work today? Your Abuela called aga
ead to look a
panish, settling down on the couch opposite me
lessly if my husband had reached out to me. Never mind that she had been the one to assure me I would never ha
nd I didn't expect him to. Hell, I don't even want
marry anyone for her Green Card. I, on the other hand, couldn't seem to for
ce or something sometime soon, but for now I was perfectly okay being single. And if I had to use him as a
ial jobs to survive, one of which was where I had met Lola. I'd gotten an online degree in Business Management which helped me to get the current job I had now, as a secretary in a tech company. Nothing glamorous, but the pay was good and it ca
or my phone. "HR announced today that emails regar
" Lola answered
ped it open. My heart was in my throat as I waited
re like commanded and against my better
about a hundred times on the screen - which I was sure was
hrough my chest. "Did I get it
forward and snatched th
le of the Personal Assistant to the CEO of Trek Tech. Please find at