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Chapter 155: Marriage signing

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— Xander —

The civil bureau was quieter than it should have been.

That alone told me everything.

Places like this were meant to feel dull with paperwork, neutral walls, bored clerks counting minutes until lunch. Today, it hummed with restraint. Every corner felt staged. Security dressed as officials. Officials pretending not to recognize me. And cameras carefully placed, subtle, but unmistakable.

Veronica had been busy.

She stood beside me in white.

Not bridal white. That would have been obscen
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