Raven Marisa squeezed my hand, and despite my forced smile, a pang of sadness gripped my heart. How had we come to this? Deceiving an elder was never part of the plan. What started as a supposed adventure to seek revenge on our exes and support my aunt's medical expenses now felt disconcerting. It just didn't feel right. I couldn't handle my heart breaking because I knew we were heading there. I had fallen for him, which was against our arrangement, but I couldn't handle breaking Marisa's heart. I just couldn't, and that made the situation very uncomfortable. "Richard requested for that ring two days before he proposed to you. I honestly wished I was there," Marisa disclosed to me, her face glowing with a bright smile. That settled my doubts. I was indeed the first woman he would prese

