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Chapter 8

مؤلف: Cherry Piggy
The post-wedding family dinner had just wrapped up, and I was sitting in the living room having coffee with my grandfather when I brought up Ethan directly.

I laid out every single detail without holding a thing back—ditching class, flunking out, getting held back a year, and working with Logan to keep me in the dark like a traitor.

By the time I finished, my grandfather's face was dark. He whipped out his phone and fired off a text to Ethan right on the spot.

In less than five minutes, my ph
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  • Marrying Her Rented Groom   Chapter 8

    The post-wedding family dinner had just wrapped up, and I was sitting in the living room having coffee with my grandfather when I brought up Ethan directly.I laid out every single detail without holding a thing back—ditching class, flunking out, getting held back a year, and working with Logan to keep me in the dark like a traitor.By the time I finished, my grandfather's face was dark. He whipped out his phone and fired off a text to Ethan right on the spot.In less than five minutes, my phone vibrated three times in a row.It was a string of frantic begging messages from Ethan. That very same day, he slunk back to his college in London to make up for his failed credits."I never bothered fighting for control of the family business before because I thought he was my brother, and taking care of him was just my job as an older sister," I said, lightly tapping the rim of my coffee mug."But since he never saw me as a sister, he shouldn't get too comfortable thinking he’s inheritin

  • Marrying Her Rented Groom   Chapter 7

    Logan looked up at Mandy, a sudden realization washing over him. The girl standing in front of him felt like a complete stranger.Was this really the girl who had taken his breath away when they first met back in college?Back then, they were constantly competing against each other, trading top grades, matching each other's drive, engaged in a quiet rivalry.He had respected that about her. She came from nothing, but she possessed an undeniable fire and fierce ambition, just like him.In that moment, he flashed back through the last five years, hearing Maya’s soft, gentle voice pleading with him again and again."Mandy hasn't had it easy. Stop going after her."I'm sure whoever passed away would’ve wanted peace, too. Wouldn't it be better to just let her be happy?"He remembered every single time Maya had put herself on the line for Mandy, genuinely treating her as a best friend."But... Weren't you guys best friends?" His voice dropped low and heavy.Mandy let out a cold scof

  • Marrying Her Rented Groom   Chapter 6

    Ethan’s last words were so soft that Logan did not hear them.His mind was completely consumed with flying back home with Mandy to attend her post-wedding family dinner.When their plane landed, Logan opened Instagram.Maya’s story from three hours ago popped up with just three words. [Visiting home today!]The photo showed clouds outside an airplane window, with no one else in sight, but looking at it made a heavy, sickening knot in his stomach.Mandy posted about her post-wedding dinner, and now Maya posted about her visiting home. This petty back-and-forth felt far more serious than any of her past tantrums.That subtle, faint anxiety inside him suddenly expanded into full-blown panic.As their car approached Mandy’s family house, he dialed Ethan’s phone."Are you home yet? Tell your sister to stop making a scene. I have had like five clients and friends asking if I got married without telling them."The background on the other end was chaotic, and Ethan’s voice sounded p

  • Marrying Her Rented Groom   Chapter 5

    On the morning after our wedding, the moving company was already at my door.I directed the workers as they loaded my boxes to haul them over to my other vacant apartment.Leo trailed close behind, lending a hand. He was tall, lean, and moved with a smooth, effortless efficiency.Watching him carefully pack my small glass trinkets into a storage box, my mind drifted off.We had gotten married, but I still had zero clue how I was going to explain to my parents and my grandparents overseas that I had suddenly impulse-married a guy in college."What’s on your mind?"Leo walked over and handed me a bottle of water."Are you planning to toss me aside now that I have served my purpose?"I took the water and let out a soft laugh."Not at all. I was just trying to figure out how to introduce you to my family."I glanced up at him. "By the way, don't you have classes to get to? Do you want me to drop you off at campus?"He shook his head, reaching out naturally to tuck a loose strand

  • Marrying Her Rented Groom   Chapter 4

    Before I could speak, Leo pressed the end button on the call.While he went into the bathroom, I leaned back against the headboard and opened my phone.I uploaded a picture showing our marriage certificates. I typed out a quick caption with just three words. [We got married.]Over in New Zealand, Mandy was curled up in Logan's arms, scrolling through her phone. Seeing him repeatedly try to call me, she pouted playfully."What’s wrong? Is Maya mad?"She tapped his chest with her fingertip."Come on, you know what she’s like. She’s completely obsessed with you. She’s just acting out, hanging up on purpose to mess with your head."If you want to go running back to her right now, I’m not gonna stop you."Her words smoothed over the sudden spike of anxiety in Logan's chest. He locked his phone screen.He leaned down, kissing the crown of her head with absolute confidence.It made sense.Every single time he and Maya had an argument over the years, did it not always end with him

  • Marrying Her Rented Groom   Chapter 3

    Leo took the wine glass from my hand and offered me a slow, unreadable smile."Ms. Brooks, since we’re getting married anyway, doing everything for real makes it look a whole lot more convincing."My throat felt tight and constricted. Throwing caution to the wind, I tilted my head back and swallowed half the glass in one sharp gulp. "Fine. Let's go get the marriage certificate right now."I should have figured it out much sooner.Mandy asking me to stay home and watch Logan, only to send this hired rent-a-groom right to my doorstep, was no accident.There was never a real groom for her ninth wedding, just like there was never one for the previous eight.From start to finish, it was always just a messed-up game of emotional tug-of-war between her and Logan.I was sitting right in the middle of it, playing the part of the absolute idiot.Sending Leo to my front door was Mandy’s twisted way of throwing it in my face. She wanted me to know that she was one of the masterminds behind

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