Chapter Thirteen

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Richard stared at Amber with a worried look on his face. He could tell that she was extremely

agitated at the moment, and it made him wonder what Kayden and her sister could have said to her to

rile her up so much.

“Listen, Amber, I can’t tell you that I understand what you’re going through right now or how you’re

feeling, but if there is one thing I can assure you of, it’s that your anger towards Kayden is

something I can relate to, to an extent,” he started.

He knew that what Amber was feeling now was an emotion that he could not relate to, and he could also

sense that she was holding back from expressing her feelings in front of him, most likely because she

didn’t trust him.

“Now, as much as I love that you agreed to my proposal, I do think that it is essential for both of us to talk things through before getting into it,” he said, his tone serious. “As much as I don’t

want to scare you, I have to tell you that I’m a pretty strict guy, and I never like to cross lines

that shouldn’t be crossed. So, for both of us to get through this, we need to make clear lines that

neither of us is allowed to cross, and until we get those boundaries out of the way, there will be no

wedding.”

Amber sighed, her frustration mounting. She knew that Richard had a point, but after seeing how happy

and satisfied Kayden and Marlene looked, all she wanted was to get the wedding out of the way and

have Richard’s

suddenly the desperate one, but the circumstances

had turned her into something she would

rules that I want to lay in place, so how about we go back to my place, get the rules out of the way, and start planning a wedding?” she suggested, not bothering to hide the fact that she was impatient. “I

is just how desperate I’ve become, and since you’re going to be my

have to deal with

almost refused her proposal to go over to her place. Just

comfortable around him, he was equally uncomfortable.

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being a husband to anybody, but the fact that he was now about to marry a stranger, who he could tell wasn’t at her best mentally, made him wonder just how far he could go to make

he calmly instructed, before walking back

and doing

and started to drive in

taking me?” she questioned.

place,” he responded.

a better idea to go to my place since it’s much

yet, she wondered if there was a chance that he had an ulterior motive. But then again, she had to remind herself that not everyone was out

slowly start spreading the news of me having a girlfriend, so the public doesn’t get too surprised. I’m pretty sure there’s a few paparazzi stationed at my place, and

are kind of rivals, the public could end up speculating that I was having an affair with you while I was still married to Kayden,” she pointed out, not wanting to be labeled as

look at her briefly, throwing her what Amber could have sworn was a glare. She immediately wondered what she could have said that made him want to glare at her, but because of how quickly he turned his attention back to the road, she couldn’t be too sure if he had really glared at her or if she was imagining

public didn’t seem to have a problem with him marrying your sister barely three months after you two divorced. But, just so you know, I also don’t want your face

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