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Chapter 83 : Meet Jared 1

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Ashley POV

“I mean, it's not every day that someone I know gets married. At least out of all my brothers."

“Then why are you waiting?” I asked.

He didn't answer for a while. I just sat in the back of the latest model Audi, cussing with my quick tongue, but I had to admit I was also waiting, expecting... something.

“Don't worry,” he said finally. “I'll see you later.”

“Okay,” I said without guilt, despite knowing we had both crossed the unclear boundaries of our relationship. “See you later.”

“Yeah.”

He hung up before I did, and I dropped my phone into my lap. I needed to calm my feelings, and I needed to do so before arriving at the airport. Despite feeling tired after a long day of work, my racing heartbeat was pumping adrenaline into my body.

Adrenaline, caused by the tension of meeting my new fiancé, and against the backdrop of my father's incident and Jayden's reluctance.

Jared Owen Keller. Apart from the age difference, he and I never became very close. Jared had always kept his
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