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Chapter 22: Newspaper
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2021-01-14 10:35:45We are invited to have brunch with the Becketts on a Sunday morning, declining the invitation it’s not an option even though neither Leopold nor I are thrilled to go. I guess getting the in laws is something all engaged couples have to do and we can’t be the exception. At least Mary Alice is going to be there, so that is something. She appears to be genuinely on my side, so maybe I won’t have to put up with Isabella Beckett’s nasty comments while her daughter is near.
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There is no need for him to kiss me, no one is looking at us so we don’t have to pretend to be a couple, but he is still about to kiss me and I am not going to refuse him. I’m actually longing to feel his lips on mine, not as part of our act as a fake couple, but as a genuine kiss between two people. I want to kiss him for real, to enjoy the moment without thinking that I have to put on a good show for others.“Leopold, Emma! Wait! Don’t go!”Mary Alice’s voice takes us back to reality. We both take a jump back. Leopold clears his throat uncomfortable as I look to the other side as if I was staring at something in the distance.“I’m so sorry about what just happened. Father is talking to her right now. Don’t worry about the photo shoot next week, my mother will behave herself, I promise,” Mary Alice says as she breaths heavily from the effort from running to catch us.“I don’t know, Mary Alice... Maybe it will be better to have the photo shoot somewhere else,” Leopold says still upset.
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