seeing the bloody bandages on the floor, he frown.
You’re actually hurt?”
A flash of regret crossed Garrett’s eyes as he came over to examine my palms.
I didn’t know it was this bad.”
Why didn’t you say anything?”
Garrett took the bandages and started dressing my wound, his gentle, careful manner making me
eel disoriented.
Ever since Willow and I started fighting over her, he hadn’t been this way with me in ages.
Between us there was nothing but tension and passive aggression.
When you’re hurting and someone suddenly shows you kindness, you break down completely.
in that moment, I sobbed uncontrollably.
Garrett held me, patting my back and whispering comfort.
‘It’s okay, it’s okay, don’t cry.”
‘I know I’ve been neglecting you lately, and it’s made you act out.”
‘It’s all over now. I’ll go with Willow back to her hometown for the funeral, and then we’ll get our
marriage license, okay?”
My crying stopped abruptly.
So his sudden concern was all about this.
I’d actually been naive enough to think he’d recognized my pain and realized his mistakes.
“Okay.”
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This time, I didn’t throw a fit.
Eerily calm.
Garrett let me go, his eyes bright with surprise and joy.
“That’s my good wife!”
Garrett hugged and kissed me all over.
His hands started moving up my legs, his heavy breathing spreading through his nose near my ear.
He rolled over on top of me, closing his eyes as he leaned in to kiss me.
I simply turned my head away.
“I got my period.”
The man on top of me instantly deflated. He got up, put his pants on, and headed straight for the
door.
“I’m gonna take a shower. Get some sleep.”
That night, I didn’t sleep a wink.
Through the wall, I could hear Willow’s voice–and it was less a voice, more a moan.
When I woke up the next morning, the house was empty.
I knew Garrett had taken Willow back to her hometown for the funeral.
After packing my things, I left the keys and my engagement ring on the coffee table.
As the door clicked shut, Garrett and I were officially over.
At 1 PM sharp, I was at the courthouse entrance.
A black Maybach pulled up smoothly in front of me, and a man in a charcoal gray suit stepped out.
‘Let’s go. I’ve only got ten minutes.”
I nodded and headed inside.
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“Watch out!”
I heard Phoenix Montgomery shouting, and he pulled me into his arms.
A flower pot crashed right where I’d been standing.
Heart pounding, I looked up at Phoenix, feeling my pulse skip several beats.
“Still walking around without watching where you’re going, just like when we were kids.”
After Phoenix let me go, he took my hand and led me into the courthouse.
Within minutes, we had our marriage license.
Phoenix had a meeting to rush to, so he had his driver take me to his place.
I stared at the marriage certificate in my hands, feeling strangely dazed.
“So? This is the man your dad picked for you–absolutely can’t go wrong.”
Dad called to check in, his voice full of pride and satisfaction.
Ever since I decided I was done with Garrett, Dad had been finding suitable marriage prospects for
- me.
He’d done a lot of business with Phoenix, which made him even more optimistic about this choice.
‘Yeah, he’s way better than Garrett.”
After the call ended, a notification popped up showing that Willow had updated her Instagram.
Thank you for making losing my mom feel less heartbreaking.]
The image was a landscape photo.
I knew she was talking about Garrett, and seeing his “like” on the post stabbed at my heart.
Garrett had never liked a single one of my posts.
And when my mother died, he was too busy with classes to offer me much comfort.
That promise he’d made to my mom now seemed like nothing more than empty words to put her
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and his mother at ease.
I gave a bitter smile and liked Willow’s post.
On a sudden whim, I also took a photo of the marriage certificate and posted it to Instagram.
The caption read [Turns out getting married isn’t so hard after all.]
Seconds later, my phone vibrated with a notification–it was from Garrett.
[Who did you marry?]
Then came more messages-
[Stop screwing around.]
[Marriage is serious business–you think this is a joke?]
I glanced at the messages and simply blocked him.
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