Love Beyond the Contract Marriage
“Go get yourself a dress. Something that’ll make you stand out. You’ll be by my side the entire night.”
Emma hesitated, looking at the card as if it were a foreign object. “I don’t need something expensive.”
Ryan cut her off, smiling slightly. “Emma I'm not asking; I'm telling. Ok, consider it an investment. I want you to look stunning.”
Emma finally nodded, her mind still racing with everything that had just happened. “Thank you,” she whispered, the tension between them easing ever so slightly.
Later that afternoon, Emma called Mia, her best friend.