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Edward looked tired, rubbing his brow. “She gave me two conditions last night.”

“What conditions?” I asked, surprised but not really caught off guard.

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Edward looked at me, sympathy and guilt written all over his face. “Let’s not get into it right now. Those are just her terms, not mine.”

“I want to know,” I pressed. Nora grew up in a family like hers–you can’t just brush off what she says as childish.

“It’s better if you don’t know. I don’t want you getting hurt,” Edward said, still refusing to tell me.

I threw off the covers and stepped in front of him, stopping him from leaving. “You promised we’d always talk about things right away, remember?”

Edward gave me a helpless look, his expression shifting. “Nora said we can’t get married, but we can stay together for the long haul. And if you have a child, the kid would only get a third of my inheritance.”

I was stunned. ‘No marriage, but she wants me to have a kid? She basically wants my child to have no name, no status,‘ I thought.

“Edward, she’s clever, but I can’t accept either of those,” I said, my voice firm. “We got together because we wanted to, no one forced anyone, no one got hurt. We met as single people, and if I have to put up with these random rules just to get married, that’s not fair to me.”

worry, I didn’t agree to her terms,” Edward


I nodded. “Yeah.”

his shower, he asked if I wanted to stay with him for a while and maybe get some more sleep together–he hadn’t slept

want to go back to sleep,

phone, lounging

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came over looking a

actually calling me on Edward’s

hurried over and grabbed

voice came through, sounding a bit manic. “So, you eally are

called just to see if I was here?” I replied,

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really drags you everywhere with him, huh? What, is he afraid someone else might snatch you

me and him. It’s none of

like the guy, or are you just after his money?” Ryan shot back, his tone

problem with

seconds. “I really regret ever letting you meet

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