about marrying me?

tating before he t

to talk," He said

ice came out l

. She was seated on his chair with a small towel over

Well, I wasn't exactly chased, I left on my own accord. But it's chasing when you're not stopped, ri

oser to her, sitting on

cont

ousand dollars and our house couldn't pay for it so I moved to my mum. You know my mum, right? I had not seen her in over thirteen years

around her arm, noting the na

my foot," He th

e upside down. My sister..." Her voice broke. "My sister made it clear that I was not welcome, told me the

aking Merida wonder if she'd overshared. She opened he

" He started. "And I need to be sett

first time to the full reality of who he was

as in?"

arried, hav

shock. "That's why y

es

m-married to someone

hat." The word sounded a little too crin

ct wife?"

cee." He sa

eal fi

iancee." He c

eaved a sig

letely out of the blue but it had made more sense t

d in more confusion. "I mean, y

e said without b

in the face and her eyes

usted

at morning that he'd offered her a jo

could tell her thoughts. "It's much more convenient

another sig

e said after she went

it for me?"

ked up again,

on

n't involve half of my kingdom, I don'

laugh and closed her ey

brow in confusion

casually but her mind was not taking anything casually. It was an array of jumbled-up thoug

stairs. "Rest tonight, we'll have a lot going on for us from tomorrow. And use a fever reducer when you get to your room, I don't want you being sick t

uld not believe what had just happened or what was even going to happen. She had gone from b

so jammed up in une

d Merida up from the bridge, he had considered taking her to his penthouse which was barely ten minutes away from the

his plans but Merida had accepted it so easily, too easily in fact. But he understood her w

as his mind raced through a

dn't wake up earl