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!"

muttered, "For

All his affection for Molly wasn't

though he was the one footing the bill, he

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

keen eye, a nearby salesperson complimented them. "Are you siblings?

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

"Oh, fiancés! Congratulations!"

the store got

the identity shift, Chad took a day to announce his upcoming marriage to Molly to everyone in

siblings?" everyone gasped in

Sullivan, hers is Jiang. We were like siblings before,

clue that in the time it took to try on a few outfits, her wedding date

fatigue from shopping, Molly persuaded Chad to

thousand for clothes,

was still over the

got married?"

joined her friend's rant against

it

her friend's dangerous thoughts. "Stop it. Don't start doubting your feelings. Maybe you're just too familiar with the Byrne family, and marrying into it feels like going back home. Maybe the wedding's just a formality to you?"

to call off the engagement, Chad

on her bed,

long before a knocking came at her door, followed by the sounds of a little one

find her husband

guy, and his

the night deepened, the baby became fussier, only

a mama's boy, sometimes he needed

midnight to find only his mother and

why her son had suddenly

blanketed in a fresh

signs were up, the

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