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Chapter 18 Half a Bed

Author: Day Torres
Alexia read that contract a hundred times. The conditions were clear. Even if they hadn't been, she would've signed anyway. She needed Scott if she was going to destroy Albert and Claudia and take back everything that was hers.

She signed it with a tight chest. It was the second time in her life she signed a marriage license—but the first time she knew exactly what she was getting into.

She handed the document to Daniel and then she and Scott exchanged matching glares.

"All right, just to make sure we're crystal clear on a few things," Daniel said, serious. "You cannot have children."

He looked at both of them, and Alexia answered with a smirk.

"Relax, Mr. Craig. I don't reproduce in captivity."

Scott growled under his breath, and Daniel continued, "You must convince Immigration that you're a happy, in-love couple. Alexia, just to be clear—if Scott gets deported, this whole thing goes up in smoke."

"I understand," she said quietly.

"And no falling in love."

Scott and
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