"Everything. How long have you known each other? How long have you been seeing her? Is the relationship serious? I don’t want to find out you’re marrying her just to mistreat her. Seeing how her husband’s family treated her on national TV made me sick—and I’d feel worse if you did the same."

I let out a deep sigh and decide to be honest with the woman who raised me like her own son after my mother’s death.

"She and I aren’t lovers."

"Then why make everyone believe you are?"

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