Ashley's pov“You don't have to worry about Cassie. my feelings for her are long dead and buried,” my husband and mate, Bryce Blackwood said as he packed the rest of his luggage for a 3 day business trip with his secretary, my cousin Cassie Brown.Or as people like to refer to her–my mate's first love. It was no secret that Bryce had pinned helplessly after my nonchalant cousin for years just like how I had secretly crushed on him for years as well after he saved me from drowning when we were merely pups. Eventually, I thought I would have to give up my feelings because it was clear to all and sundry that my cousin’s constant rejections only fueled his blazing desire for her rather than quench it. But everything took a turn when my father passed away, he had raised me alone as a single parent–dotting, loving and kind. A huge cloud of darkness passed over my life when he left, a raging storm that seemed endless until Bryce did a complete 180 and proposed to me with a moon gem, o
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