Outside a private registrar’s office in Manhattan, my fiancé canceled our appointment for the ninth time. It was always the same reason: a phone call from Talia.
We’d been in love for six years. Six years, and this was the ninth time Salvatore had left me standing on this patch of sidewalk.
The first time, Talia had called in tears, claiming that once my engagement was formally recognized by the Family, she would lose Salvatore’s protection and be forced back to Sicily by her father.
Salvatore had said he couldn’t let anything happen to a girl entrusted to him by an allied Family. He postponed on the spot.
The second time, Talia got food poisoning at a dinner party on territory under Salvatore’s control. He left me behind to rush to her side at a private clinic.
He Married Another So I Accepted My Arranged Husband Chapter 12 Desmond said he would give me a proper wedding. And he really did leave all the decisions to me. I handled most of the details for the ceremony, while he managed the witness list and security arrangements for both sides. We quickly chose a
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He Married Another So I Accepted My Arranged Husband Chapter 11 I found myself staring at the hand he had on the steering wheel. “What are you looking at?” he asked. I quickly looked away. “Desmond, there are countless women who would want to marry you. Why me?” He offered a faint smile. “We’re already
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He Married Another So I Accepted My Arranged Husband Chapter 10 On my second day in Lugano, I began receiving a constant stream of updates: Northstar’s existing partnerships were being terminated, one by one. That company had been my first creation after graduation. I had poured nearly all of myself into it. From research and
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He Married Another So I Accepted My Arranged Husband Chapter 09 The more he read, the more he panicked. Finally, he decided to try one last thing. “Maybe she’s just angry,” he muttered to himself. “She’s waiting for me to come find her.” He immediately found my number and called again. The number had been
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He Married Another So I Accepted My Arranged Husband Chapter 08 There wasn’t a person in their world who didn’t know the name Desmond Bellandi. I had once told Salvatore, “I don’t care about your power or when you’ll finally secure your position as heir.” He had always believed I was different from the others,
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He Married Another So I Accepted My Arranged Husband Chapter 07 Salvatore called me again and again. None of the calls went through. Then Marco, Northstar’s director of operations, called him. “You went too far this time, Sal. Indigo married someone else.” “And several of our core clients just sent termination notices. They were all
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He Married Another So I Accepted My Arranged Husband Chapter 06 Before I boarded my flight, a message from Salvatore appeared on my screen. *Don’t overthink this. I’m only helping Talia get out of the marriage arrangement her family made for her.* *We’ll dissolve the marriage tomorrow.* *The company equity was a last-minute thing. I
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He Married Another So I Accepted My Arranged Husband Chapter 05 Talia’s mother spoke up next. “If this is how a wedding is to be conducted, Salvatore, then we are deeply disappointed.” “The person whose status was questioned today is Talia. What, exactly, are you prepared to do to prove she is the wife you
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He Married Another So I Accepted My Arranged Husband Chapter 04 I had been with Salvatore for six years. Of course I had proof. My phone held tens of thousands of photos, documenting nearly every stage of our life together, from college until now. I had voice recordings of him promising to marry me, along
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He Married Another So I Accepted My Arranged Husband Chapter 03 I kept my head down as tears fell, hot and silent. All these years, I had treated Talia like a sister. When she graduated and didn’t have a car, I bought her one. When she said her rented apartment didn’t feel safe, I bought
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