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Chapter 40

Penulis: Feesa
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VENUS

We were getting married in a church.

Not some grand cathedral with stained glass and choirs belting hallelujahs—just a small chapel tucked away on a quiet Roman street. White-washed walls. Ivy creeping across the stone like whispered secrets. The kind of silence that made it feel like even the universe was holding its breath.

The tyrant—my now-husband—had already arranged the marriage license. Of course he did. Aaron Sinclair didn’t do anything halfway. I barely had time to panic. One blink and I was engaged. Another… and I was a bride.

The dress was waiting outside my door. Draped on a velvet hanger like it belonged in a showroom. It wasn’t traditional—no lace, no dramatic train, no veil. Just a knee-length ivory dress, sleeveless, with delicate pearl buttons trailing down the back. The cinched waist hugged my body so well I had to stop and stare at myself. Simple. Elegant. Unapologetically beautiful.

A pair of satin heels sat beside it.

No note. No instructions.

Just… this is
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