“Do you, Kai McGrath, take Abigail Curtis to be your lawfully wedded wife?”
“I do.” He said it without hesitation.
The officiant then turned to her.
“And do you, Abigail Curtis, take Kai McGrath to be your lawfully wedded husband?”
But as those words left the man's mouth, there was no response.
Abigail stood still, bouquet clutched in her hands, her lips parted— but no words came out. Her gaze wasn’t on the officiant. It wasn’t even on the fake marriage documents lying just off to the side. It was on the ring shining on her finger.
And she was... thinking.
'Too long,' Kai thought.
The seconds ticked by and a silent storm of panic rose beneath his carefully composed expression. Though this was all meant to be pretend, just a performance to get what he needed—he couldn’t stop the way
