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Last published Sun, May 11, 2014
“Aren't you supposed to say ‘I love you’ then ‘I do’?” My eyes were locked on his, our faces only centimetres apart, so close that I could feel his breath fanning my face. As he closed the gap between us, my eyes flickered down to his lips.
“It doesn’t matter if we do things out of order, as long as the result will be the same.”
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At the young age of 21, romantic dreamer, Erika Tran has her hopes of finding love, shattered. Trapped in an arranged marriage to a man who’s seven years older than herself, any imaginings of her prince charming carrying her off into the sunset gets crushed, as 28 year old Luca Saunder enters her life.
Sick of having to deal with the overwhelming loneliness of her arranged marriage, Erika hopes to form some sort of relationship with her husband, even if it is just friends. But could Erika's attempts at forming a friendship with Luca possibly result in more that she was initially hoping for?
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