Chapter 51

Kier stood up and handed me a brown envelope. "You're my wife... legally."

With trembling hands, I opened it. I gasped when I read what was written in the document.

Our marriage certificate!

"This isn't true. You said our marriage was fake?" My blood boiled.

Did he trick me? Just to please our parents? I held my chest.

"They knew about our plan. They tricked us."

"Does this mean we're really married?"

"Yes."

"L-let's get a divorce." I approached him and held his hand. "I know I'm just a burden to you. I know you don't want to be tied to me, either. So please, give me back my freedom."

"I can't..."

"W-what?" Frowning, I looked up to see his face.

"Didn't I say, I won't leave you even if you ask me to? I even said that here at the Santillan Mansion. A promise is a promise. The promise should not be broken, wifey."

I blinked. I think I got dizzy from what he said. I just woke up. Who wouldn't be surprised when you wake up with the man you've been thinking about for days?

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