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over appearances.”
I walked into the BBQ party soaked and covered in mud, and my fiancée’s father sneered at me, “You really look like trash.” I clenched my fists, ready to turn around and leave… when the mansion doors slowly opened.
Charles laughed harshly. “And who would that be?”
Margaret looked directly at Ryan… then at me.
“I hadn’t decided,” she said. “Until today.”
Gasps spread across the patio.
Charles slammed his glass onto the table, shattering it.
“You would hand this family’s future to her?” he shouted.
Margaret’s eyes narrowed.
