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Axel’s POV

It felt like my foolish heart was doing splits at the thought of marrying Lisa, while my brain was ironing out a million reasons why it would make sense- the spearheading reason was the fact that she’d betrayed me less than a month ago and made me feel immeasurable pain as a result.

That didn't stop my heart from doing summersaults at the fact that I didn't have to lift a finger this time around, and somehow we’d gotten the blessings I would've given anything to get from both of our families. The offer felt surreal to me, I could hardly believe my ears when my father said it, and even now I doubted I’d heard right.

I had to stop myself from asking my father to repeat himself, mostly because he hated having to do that so I just had to believe that I’d heard him right. I'm certain that anyone that came across me at any the moment would’ve been able to see the grave shock that had overtaken my features.

Right after he’d said it, words failed me when I tried to find a suitable