Molly blinked in disbelief, her voice dripping with sarcasm. "So the only reason you married me was to sleep with me?" "Yep."

Usually thick-skinned, Molly found herself outmatched by Chad, of all people. How did he manage to outdo her in audacity?

"Oh, please! Dream on, buddy," Molly retorted, her cheeks flushing a telltale crimson. Lately, she didn't know what was up with her. Every time she faced Chad, her verbal sparring took a nosedive, as if she'd met her match. After their spat, Molly, unashamed, asked, "So, Chad, when do you get off work?"

"Why?"

"Well, it's almost Christmas, and I haven't gotten a new dress yet," she hinted.

Chad flushed with embarrassment. "Didn't you just...?"

Catching the disapproving glare from Molly's sparkling eyes, he quickly corrected himself. "I'm off at six, just wait for me on the couch."

Just the other day, Molly had splurged on new clothes, and here she was, craving a Christmas outfit already.

The enigma of a woman's desire to shop was something Chad still found baffling.

Come afternoon, Chad took Molly's hand as they left the station.

Behind them, Donnie started his teasing, "There she goes, there she goes, off with the captain's credit card."

Old Cody chuckled. "Donnie, give up the badge, man. The local comedy club is hiring. You've got talent; maybe it's time for a career switch."

Donnie packed up his desk, ready to call it a day, and joked, "If I switch, my old man would kill me."

Chad thought Molly would go for another dress or the latest designer bag, but at the mall, she dragged him straight to the men's section.

He looked at her in surprise. "Who's this for?"

"For the dog."

Molly's waist got another playful slap from Chad as he teased, "Say that again!"

she muttered,

was thrilled. All his affection for Molly wasn't

the bill, he

watched him try on clothes, giving approving nods or decisive headshakes. Fortunately, since Molly had

eye, a nearby salesperson complimented them. "Are you siblings? You two are

"bro," she naturally assumed they were brother and sister. Chad clarified while

"Oh, fiancés! Congratulations!"

of the store got

Chad took a day to announce his

you siblings?" everyone gasped in

Sullivan, hers is Jiang. We were like siblings before, but we'll be

in the time it took to try on a few outfits, her

fatigue from shopping, Molly persuaded Chad to take her to a new

thousand for clothes, three thousand for

was still over the

she asked her friend Mia, "Do you think I'm taking this marriage too lightly? I have zero reaction, almost like it isn't even happening to me. How did you feel before you got married?" Mia replied, "You're asking me? Before I got married, I dragged you out to rant about Andre being too old not to settle down, ending up with his dad taking a shine to me... We bashed the Cedillo

had indeed joined her

nothing. Could it be that I

marrying into it feels

bet if Molly dared to call off the engagement,

sat cross-legged on

door, followed by

opened the door to find her husband

little guy, and

became fussier, only quieting

a mama's boy, sometimes he

midnight to find only his mother and no father, the little guy

couldn't fathom why her son had

upon Havenbrook, blanketed in a fresh layer of snow, enhancing

the snow at the doorstep shoveled

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