rine

ating the risks and rewards. On one side, there was the certainty of

ill, like a silent mountain of quiet confidence. His pres

ng chip, and my stepmother Hannah White and stepsister Molly, who wer

minute, I ma

my own chaos than ha

n was about to check his watch again, I

surprise mixed with something that

eer. Second, the duration and termination of this marriage must be a mutual decision. Third, I wan

en nodded without hesitation. "Agreed. Ian

already displayed on the screen. It was clean, professional, and covered all

. This man, Damian, seemed t

e are no issu

hrine Fields. The moment my signature was complete, I f

ared at the bold, decisive signature. I knew nothing about

and disappeared to hand

g his hand. "Pleasure doing b

His palm was broad and wa

" I corrected, my voic

it his ice-blue eyes.

man by my side who was a hundred times stronger, a hundred time

When the marriage certificate confirming our union

n married on the same day I w

as waiting at the curb. Once again, I realized that this man, my husband, was no ordinary man. Ian opened the rear

the city. I watched the streets of New York blur past, feeling

"I would prefer we keep it a secret for now. I

thought you needed to stop them f

plained. "Letting them know who I married is anothe

ut I knew it was more about protecting his

ed pleased with

again. I didn't know where he was taking me. I didn't know where I w