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|||||"Shouldn't we be worried about Marcus and Trisha showing up?" River asked.I just shrugged as I pulled her against me and wrapped my arms around her waist. "We'll worry about that when it gets there," I said. "Meanwhile, I would love to have some quality time with my wife."River raised a brow at me. "We literally spend every moment with each other, like 24x7. It's sort of too much at this point."I clucked my tongue dismissively. "There is no such thing as too much time together for newly married couples. This is our honeymoon phase. We are supposed to be attached to each other at the hips."River rolled her eyes as I twirled her around and held her so that her back was to my chest. I wrapped my arms tightly around her."All these people are watching us," she noted.I chuckled as I sniffed her neck, taking in that exquisite tropical fruity scent that she had gotten on our honeymoon, as we slowly danced to the song."Are you sniffing me again?" River asked, wrinkling her nose bu

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|||||“Maybe poking a feral dog in its mouth is not the best strategy of them all,” River hummed more to herself as she took a sip of her sparkling water.She took a look around. "Where did he go? And where is Trisha? Do you think they might be licking each other's wounds? Or would they be poisoning my dinner?" I grinned at her. “After saying all that to her that day and him today, you are thinking about the consequences now?”"Hey, it's not my fault that Marcus Thorne happens to be as much of a piece of shit as his cousin brother. I already tolerate one. I do not have to tolerate the other one who I am not married to." She shrugged.I rolled my eyes. "Is it necessary to drag me into everything? Is it necessary that you have to taunt me no matter who the conversation is about? I kind of find it a little unfair, my sweet. You are supposed to be my wife. You are supposed to be smitten with me."Grandpa let out a snicker at the other side of the table and I looked over at him with a gla

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|||||I watched Xander glaring at something and looked over in the direction. My eyes widened. What was he doing here? “Two million and a hundred thousand.” Someone else bid. “Three million.” Xander bid, gritting his teeth. “Five million.” Dave said. “Ten million.” Xander barked right back. I gasped and so did so many of the others. “Xander, that's a bit excessive.” I muttered, leaning closer to him but Xander was busy glaring at Dave, who was smirking back at him. At us. “Ten million dollars, going once, going twice, and sold to Xander King.” The auctioneer cheered and so did the rest. “Xander,” I started but he cut me off. “Does it matter? It's for a good cause anyway.” I sighed. I could see that his mood had shifted considerably. I could sense the currents of fury rippling underneath his skin. It was like the old Xander King was back. It was as if he would explode at any point right now. And it was obvious that I was not the only one who felt the shift. I caught Gra

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|||||As soon as I heard his voice, I wanted to run away. It was true that I had dated him for over an year and had at some point beem excited to marry him. But that man was long gone. I did not even know who this new Dave was.I turned to face Dave. "What is it?" I asked, my voice clipped. Dave crossed his arms around his chest. "This is not how I expected us to meet again, and this is not how I expected you to talk to me." I shrugged. "We can't have it all our way, you know?" I sighed. "Look, Dave. Whatever happened, happened. Now I have moved on, and so have you, so... maybe we should just let bygones be bygones, and then... pretend that we... didn't know each other." "Let bygones be bygones." Dave let out a humorless laugh, sounding like a maniac. "It's easy for you to say when all you've gotten from this marriage of yours is gains. But for someone who got nothing but a bad reputation for being human, I don't think I can forgive you, River." "I don't know what happened with you,

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||||| I was about to place a delicious piece of lemon scorn in my mouth when a huge hand that I was all too familiar with shot out of nowhere and guided my fork to his mouth. "Mmmmm." Xander let out an exaggerated moan as he tasted it. "Everything tastes better when your wife feeds it to you." He commented. The ladies that I was talking to, Mrs. and Ms. Potts looked at him with suppressed rage. This Ms. Pott had not dated Xander but her younger sister had. Did this man even realize how hard it is to live? I did not do well in social situations. I was a corporate girlie. And then I had to marry him, and now I have to act like a socialite as well. Maybe I should ask for a raise. "Xander," Ms. Pott, Rovina, I believe her name was—stepped forward with a smile. "Do you remember me?" Xander gave her a confused look. "Am I supposed to?" I took a deep breath. This guy was trying to dig my grave. But before I could say anything, or try to placate the situation, or maybe comfort the g

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