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Dominic and I can be considered childhood friends.
The Marshall Manor, where I was adopted, was right next to the Montgomery Manor, Every winter and summer break, my brothers would often take me over to the Montgomery Manor to
visit.
It was during these visits that I met the quiet and reserved Dominic.
The Montgomery family came from a political background. Dominic had an extraordinary talent for hacking, so much so that at a young ago, he was already working for the country.
In this second life of mine, I learned that the reason the Montgomery family and the Clark family decided to form an alliance through marriage was because Dominic thought the Clark family heiress was actually the Marshall family heiress.
But when he saw the bride’s last name was Clark, not Marshall, he was already feeling let down. That day, when he accompanied Madison home, he saw me and Jaxon walking hand in
hand back to my family’s house.
It was then that he recognized me.
Because Jaxon and I were so affectionate, he didn’t want to interrupt us.
Afterward, the once–admired heir of Lyrinia became a despised playboy.
“We’ve arrived,”
The driver stopped the car.
I sat inside, peeking through my veil, and said to him, “Dominic should be feeling better by
now, right? He can come out and meet me now, right?”
When the driver had gone to pick up the bride earlier, he mentioned that Dominic had
caught a cold and developed a high fever, which was why he couldn’t come to greet me
personally.
“Well..” The driver stuttered, clearly uncomfortable,
I immediately understood.
The Montgomery Manor was brightly lit but completely empty.
Dominic was faking being sick.
He was resisting this marriage of convenience but couldn’t break it off immediately due to
business interests. His only choice was to freeze out the bride, waiting for her to lose heart and
ask for a divorce so that the Montgomery family wouldn’t lose face.
No wonder Madison was always crying. From the moment they got married, Dominic had deliberately ignored her.
“Please, take this to Dominic. No matter where he is, just tell him I will wait for him for one
hour!”
I took out a grass ring I had woven from a bundle of weeds and handed it to the driver.
The driver hesitated for a moment but then started the car and rushed off.
I didn’t go inside.
Istood outside the Mostem.
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The driver hesitated for a moment but then started the car and rushed off.
I didn’t go insidio
I stood outside the Montgomery Manor waiting.
One hour had sixty minutos.
In that not long, not short time, I recolved several volce messages from Madison, seven or
oight in total.
They weren’t anything special, just recordings of her and Jaxon doing their thing.
She was also roborn.
She naturally know that I, married to Dominic, would be alone in the bed right now, so she
those sounds to provoke mo.
Not getting a reply from mo, Madison sent another message: [Charlotte, so what if you’re
the real heiress of the Clark family? The one Mom and Dad love the most is still me. Just wait. Everything in the Clark family will eventually belong to me. While you cry in your lonely bed, Jaxon will spoil me like a queen. You, on the other hand, will end up as a lonely, unloved, abandoned woman, a poor thing that even your own parents prefer over you!]
I thought, “This foolish woman. I couldn’t wait to see her reaction when she realized everything was different this time. Did she really think marrying Jaxon would make her the glamorous Mrs. Bennett?”
- me.
A cold sneer flashod in my eyes.
Just as I was about to check the timer to see if the hour was up, a black SUV rushed toward
“Ms. Marshall, is that you?”
Before I could even open the door, the man jumped out of the car through the window. It was
Dominic.
He had come in such a hurry that he wasn’t wearing a jacket, and several buttons on his
white shirt were undone.
Under the dim streetlight, I could vaguely make out the strong, sculpted shape of his chest.
I cleared my throat.
The timer showed 59 minutes and 40 seconds.
“Fine, I’ll give you that. You’re not late!” I looked up, looking at the man who smelled of alcohol
and had a strong hint of perfume on him.
was
This man, my sister’s husband in my past life, was now going to be my husband.
“Where the
have you been?”
I glared at him, my expression fierce.
He was tall, easily over 6.2 feet. With the sharp aura he carried from years of training, it
wasn’t just a challenge to provoke him. Looking him in the eye was enough to make anyone
nervous.
But I wasn’t afraid of him.
I slapped him across the face.
I slapped him across the face
Pointing to the ground, I coldly said, “Why are you standing there like on it? Aren’t you supposed to be at the Clark Villa for the wedding? Don’t you even know how to proper
Then, there was a collective gasp.
I noticed that a few of Dominic’s friends had come back with him.
One by one, they were completely stunned.
They seemed unable to believe that Dominic, the fearsome nogle everyone feared, could be humiliated like this by a woman.
“Just wait, she’s done for. Dominic never wanted this marriage in the first place”
“Slapping her husband on their wedding night. Who does she think she is, setting rules for Dominic right from the start?”
“Dominic, let this kind of woman get as far away from you as possible. There are plenty of women at the club, so why bother with her?”
“Everyone, come greet her!”
Dominic said, standing tall, then suddenly dropped to one knee, holding up a ring made of grass and proposing to me.
“Ms. Marshall, I didn’t expect you to still keep this ring. I thought our childhood games were just that, games. I thought I was the only one who took it seriously. I didn’t realize you cherished our past, too. I’m really happy. Truly, so happy. I thought my bride was going to be someone else, which is why I didn’t go to the wedding, b
they dragged me to the club. Of course, I only had to
drink, and I swear, I didn’t touch any of those other women!”
I thought, “Whose husband would say something like that during a proposal?”
Then, three exceptionally good–looking men jumped out of the SUV.
They stood in a row.
In unison, they called out, “Hello, Mrs. Montgomery.”
I didn’t rush to respond. Instead, I seriously looked at the man in front of me.
“Dominic, after we’re married, I won’t mess around, and my husband can only be loyal to me.
No flirting, not even in work–related situations. You have to keep yourself clean.
This is a must. While there’s still time, think carefully. Are you sure you want to give up all those other women for me? If you promise, you can’t regret it, and you can’t break your word. If you can’t do it, I won’t stick around with just one man.”
I had told Jaxon the same thing when I married him.
Loyalty was the foundation of any marriage.
Even though I knew Dominic had feelings for me, I still had to lay down the ground rules.
“Ms. Marshall, as long as you’re the bride, I’ll do anything. Dominic said, almost afraid I’d change my mind.
grase
He hurriedly slipped the ring onto my finger.
“Ms. Marshall, today, in front of my friends, I swear, if I ever break my vow, may I never…
Dominic didn’t finish the sentence.
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Dominic didn’t finish the sentence.
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I quickly covered his mouth. I barely had a chance to start over in life, and I wasn’t about to
become a widow too soon.
Dominic, in turn, pulled me into his arms.
His prominent Adam’s apple bobbed up and down, and anyone could see that it was a clear
sign of a man stirred with passion.
“Kiss her, kiss her. It’s a wedding now!” the three men teased, grinning.
Dominic quickly shielded me with his body.
Seeing that they still hadn’t left, he scolded them, “A moment like this is worth a lot. Go, go,
get out of here.”
These three were his close friends.
Before leaving, they made some suggestive remarks, reminding him to take care and go
slow.
I couldn’t help but blush furiously.
I had to admit. There was a big difference between men who spent years in the military and those who just hung out at the gym, like Jaxon.
In Dominic’s arms, I only had one feeling, just very solid.
“Ms. Marshall, I’m sorry you had to go through this. After we get home, I’ll give you a granal wedding,” he said, holding me effortlessly in his arms.
At 5 feet 4 inches and nearly 100 pounds, I felt tiny next to him.
The reflection in the giant glass window showed our size difference, and it was striking, like a wolf and a bunny.
As soon as we stepped inside, Dominic kissed me, holding me like a soft rabbit.
