. "Why did you come here?" I whispered , our faces so close to each other , our noses almost touching. "Why did you come here , out of all the people why did you chose me, a girl 1000 miles from your life?" He smiles an honest smile for the first time, not the usual smirks or the mischieveous grins, no he smiled at me.
" Because I LOVE YOU, no matter how far apart we may be i will always come find you, people may need your help as a fighter , a healer, i may be called a hero but when i'm with you I am just a boy in love.
"Your honestly a strange man, Luke, strange but a man I fell in love with." I say staring into his eyes, the deep blue crystal colored eyes that would make my heart flutter a million miles a second. He cocked his head to one side, his brown hair falling to the right. Then he leaned closer and smirked his classic smirk at me. "Your a beautiful, strange, and amazing girl ,Ilene, one I fell in love with." He whispers before our lips touch.
Tobias and Talia are complete opposites, yet thrown together in an arranged marriage. Can they navigate married life in the wake of a terrible tragedy?
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After being pressured into an arranged marriage to merge their families' companies, Talia and Tobias are stuck living together as husband and wife. Although they are both unhappy, neither tries to make the best of it. Tobias is too busy, and Talia is too distraught by the tragic death of her former fianceé, Jason. But as time goes by and they spend more time together, an undeniable attraction develops between the two. Despite this, Tobias can't seem to see past his jealousy of Jason and accept Talia - and Talia, plagued by guilt, is unwilling to let Jason go. Are the two heading for better - or are they headed for far worse?
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