Her Reluctant Wife: A Lesbian Age Gap Romance - Page 137

you to sign.” Giana motioned to the desk. “If you want to step

over there, I have the paperwork all ready. I figured you’d

come eventually. There are the annulment forms and the NDA.

It’s a very blanket contract, so I actually have no need to add

in what I just told you.”

She was being purposely hard, but Coralyn had seen what

Giana could be, the Giana below the surface of that pain and

anger that had lasted for two thirds of her life. She’d pushed

through, but she hadn’t come out unscathed in any way from

that wreck. It didn’t explain everything. There were no easy

explanations, but it did help Coralyn start to fathom why

Giana was that ice queen that was on top of her father’s

company, on top of the city, the woman who had everything on

the outside.

Coralyn forced herself to walk to the desk. Giana beat her

by mere steps. She slid open a drawer and produced a thick

bundle of paperwork. If Coralyn was going to read that, she’d

be there all night. Her dad had told her a thousand times, never

sign something you haven’t read. Didn’t everyone know that

rule?

Coralyn edged closer. Giana stood behind the desk. She felt

dangerous. It made Coralyn’s throat ache. Her heart felt like it

had been slammed there and was blocking her ability to

breathe. She sucked at the air anyway. Her hand trembled as

she reached for the form. “My mom died in a car accident. A

head-on collision. They said she was killed instantly.”

“But it didn’t happen during your formative years, so you

still turned out so sweet and pleasant and kind.”

“No. Because I do things like lie to someone and get them

to marry me. Although, that was all me. I fucked that up all on

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