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, "For

All his affection for

one footing the bill, he was

always been Chad lounging on a couch while she tried on a variety of dresses. This time, the roles reversed. Now she watched him try on clothes, giving approving nods or decisive headshakes. Fortunately, since Molly had once shopped with

to her keen eye, a nearby salesperson complimented them. "Are you

"bro," she naturally assumed they were brother and

"Oh, fiancés! Congratulations!"

the

a day to announce his

Chad, aren't you siblings?" everyone

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

to try on a few outfits,

from shopping, Molly persuaded Chad to take

clothes, three thousand

still

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

reminded Molly. She had indeed joined her friend's rant against

feel nothing. Could it be that I don't like

with the Byrne family, and marrying into it feels

call off the engagement, Chad would

on her

came at her door, followed by the

the door to find her husband with their bundle-of-joy son

took the little guy,

became fussier,

mama's boy, sometimes he

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

why her son had suddenly become

in a fresh layer of snow,

the snow at the doorstep

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