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If we didn’t consue, that opened up the door for an annulment

Buoyed by my revelation, I closed the tab for the furniture depot and opened a new one I wanted to start things off on the right foot with e “in na to do was to let this woman know about it up front This way, there would be no s or expectations of forever

I did so every tidbit my mother had mentioned about the service, and I eventually found it I crafted a e to the owner and hit send Pleased with myself, I leaned back inmy ankles

It was the perfect plan

2

Winter

Staring at the quaint office building sandwiched between skyscrapers, I rubbed ether in excite reckless, but I was looking forward to the adventure ahead of me as a mail-order bride Whitney blamed all the romance novels I liked to read for my impulsive decision when I saw the advertiseht’ve had a teensy tiny point As a hopeless rout told me that I had been meant to see the ad that day When h it was proof that ht

I’d been running around like a chicken with its head chopped off for the past teeks, trying to get everything in order so I’d be ready for the big move Holly Huckleberry, the owner of Mail-Order Brides For Christ to set up a time for us to meet Since we’d already worked out all the details for h I had aher off But last night, she’d insisted that I needed to co since I left town for ized profusely for postponing our reed to be there first thing

I stayed up until the wee hours of theOther thanon my schedule was to choose a present for my soon-to-be husband I didn’t know much about Christopher yet, and Christmas was still an entireoptions would be like once I got to Snow Valley I didn’t want to run the risk of not having so to put under the tree for hiether, and I wanted everything to be perfect

Rushing inside the office, I flashed a big sht into Holly’s office, who rose fro, Winter Thanks for co in to see me”

“My pleasure” I dropped onto the corner of the loveseat Holly guidedto return your calls When you’re picking up and ”

“I can certainly understand,” shedown next to me “I’m sorry I had to add to your list, but I have some news you need to hear before you arrive in Snow Valley”

Soainst the cushions “Why do I get the feeling this isn’t the good kind of news?”

“Probably because it’s so to be happy about” She flashed h his ements for her sons, Christopher reached out to e about how the o”

“What does thatmyself for her answer

“Christopher wants this to be a et an annulment after a few months,” she explained

“I don’t understand,” I whispered, shaking my head asto hear today, and I was beyond disappointed “Why would someone want a mail-order bride in name only? And only for a short amount of time?”

“I know you said it didn’t room wanted a mail-order bride But with this little wrinkle, I definitely need to fill you in on the whole story” She tookup for this “Christopher’s h me for all six of her sons because she wants to save their hometown Snow Valley is up for sale, and the corporation that wants to buy it is known for turning quaint locales into tourist hot spots Pooling their h funds to swoop in and purchase the town, but an archaic law that’s somehow still in place—after the town founder wrote it o—says the purchaser has to be reed to his h to save the town he loves”