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Chapter 9: Legally Bound.

作者: Orex
last update 最終更新日: 2025-12-26 23:29:36

ELAINE

They say most girls dream of their big day. They imagine themselves in their ball wedding gown, and their hair pinned and coiled to perfection and every little detail of their wedding entrance and I wasn't left out.

As a little kid, I enjoyed thumping over my parents' wedding album. They had their white wedding in a magnificent church in Scotland, and an outdoor garden reception.

They looked so in love, staring at each other, content in each other's arms.

This wasn't going to be my own story. As the days came closer to the scheduled wedding day, it was clear how much of my life would undergo an upheaval.

Just last week, I got an assistant and a fashion stylist who were supposed to set me and my wardrobe enough to be worthy of being a Stavros bride.

Nik had insisted in our contract that we go for a date once every two weeks and even though he tried insisting that it should hold last night I didn't see how that was necessary seeing that we would tie the knot legally
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  • For Better or Buisness   Chapter 9: Legally Bound.

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