The Beginning Of All Sins

Chapter 148

The assistant returned to the hall, hoping to gauge something from Olivia’s expression. But Olivia remained so quiet that it was as if she was merely a whisper in the air.

Tyler’s car arrived about a dozen minutes later. The assistant went to meet him and informed him, Mrs. Jones was here earlier.”

Tyler stopped in his tracks, staring at the assistant. After a long pause, he muttered, “I see.”

Olivia sensed someone approaching from behind. Noticing it wasn’t the assistant, she wanted to glance up.

“Did you bring all the necessary papers?” she heard him ask, causing her to freeze. However, she managed to compose herself quickly.

“Yes,”

“Let’s go.”

conversation was short, as if it were just another business transaction. They walked down the hallway without exchanging a single glance.

instructed, “Now, sign here, and you’ll be legally

the paper in front of her. Tyler didn’t move his pen either.

watched them from a distance, unable to decipher their thoughts.

first to sign, his signature exuding elegance and confidence, as if he were signing a

got the chance to regret this and change your mind.

a long time before finally signing. Her signature lacked the polish of Tyler’s–it looked almost

before returning to his

ears were ringing. The reality of being “married” at twenty- three hit her

impassive to the clerk’s words. After a moment, he spoke, “I’ll have

out of her daze,

of them moved from their