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“And if I say no?”
“Marry me.”
“No.” He stopped inches away. “Because my father also told me where you were. And I drove three hours to your flat that same night. But you weren’t there — you were at the hospital. Mabel’s surgery. You’d paid for it yourself, working three jobs. And I thought…” His voice cracked. “I thought, she’s still saving everyone except herself. ” lynne graham books
“I don’t want six months.” He cupped her face. “I want forever. But I was too proud to say it. So I wrote a contract instead.” “And if I say no
“What?” she whispered, hating the tremor in her voice. But you weren’t there — you were at the hospital
Rio smiled. It didn’t reach his eyes. “Whatever you need to tell yourself, agapi mou .” The wedding was in a Greek chapel on a private island. Lily wore a simple ivory dress — not because Rio was cheap, but because he’d insisted she choose. “I won’t costume you,” he’d said coldly. “You’re not a possession. You’re an investment.”
Would you like a different trope (e.g., amnesia, runaway bride, Greek tycoon + innocent heroine) or a longer, chapter-by-chapter expansion?