FORTY-ONE
The next hour passed in a daze for Phuong. She slid ring after ring on her finger, seeing the sparkle of an endless procession of diamonds until Jason held one up that he insisted suited her best. She nodded, too stunned to argue.
Her uni fees – he'd pay them, just like that. No need for citizenship, the wedding, any of it...except that the only reason he'd given her the money was because tomorrow she would become his wife.
She had to tell him. She couldn't take his money like that when there was no need. And when she came clean, maybe he'd tell her why a man like him was looking for a partner on an email-order bride website.
He wasn't Norman. He was nothing like Norman. Everything would be okay, she told herself as her stomach churned in consternation.
"I don't know abo
