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Charming my ass

Author: Brown Choba
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Raymond’s Pov

“Which proposal are you referring to?”

Her eyelashes swept downward, a gesture that sent me spiraling back through time to when she was just a girl.

“Marry me.”

I said it plainly.

“I beg your pardon?”

The sheer astonishment on her face was almost comical. I had to fight back a laugh.

“Marry me, Miss Bella.”

Her gaze darted around the room, a hand coming up to press against her chest. She drew a slow, deep breath, her eyes closing for a moment before opening to meet mine again.

“I cannot do that, sir.”

“And why is that?”

“I do not know you. And forgive me, but have you not just lost your wife?”

There was a genuine hesitation in her voice. It was true, my wife was gone, but our relationship was never that kind of romance.

“Marla required a husband to access her inheritance from her father. I was helping a friend. She was a wonderful person and my closest confidant, but that is all it was. Our bond was one of deep friendship, nothing more.”

She studied me with those beautif
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