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22 - Welcome to the family

Author: bishop1275
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No!

She could not marry him.

This arrangement was not what she had signed up for. She thought she would be marrying a stranger, a man she did not know.

Not him.

But alas, fate seemed to be playing a cruel joke on her as she found herself back in the arms of the man she swore never to see again.

"Do you, Charlene, take this man to be your lawfully wedded husband?" The officiating priest spoke up, breaking up her trance and reminding her where she was.

Oh! Shit! Charlene, you're about to get married.

Her eyes immediately looked at the beautiful white roses that decorated the room. It was a small gathering, but that did not mean that it was a cheap celebration.

Only a few of the Saunders family and friends came. On the other hand, she just had Anna and a few of her closest friends who joined her in this short ceremony.

"Better get your shit together." She silently mumbled to herself as she focused her attention back on the man in a white robe.

"...to live together in matrimony, to love
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