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Linsey blinked at him, caught off guard, half-thinking it had to be a joke.
Puzzled and curious, she found herself asking him for the real reason.
As if he had already predicted the question, Gorman replied smoothly, “I've been planning to expand my
company overseas, and Grester happens to be on the list. Its economy makes it a prlocation.”
It was a convenient excuse—one he knew she wouldn't try to dispute.
With nothing left to argue, Linsey gave a small nod.
“Alright then,” she replied in agreement.
A faint smile curved Gorman'’s lips as he shifted the conversation toward their relationship once more.
“Linsey, once we get there, do you think we can keep up the act of being a couple?”
Her eyes widened slightly at the question. “But isn’t your family mostly based—"
Without missing a beat, Gorman offered an explanation, his tone steady. “My mother’s from Grester, and she
goes back there for vacations now and then. I'm worried she might want to meet you someday.”
A short pause followed before he said, wearing an apologetic expression, “But if that’s inconvenient for you, it's
fine. Don’t feel pressured.”
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtFrom the very first tthey met, Linsey had noticed the consistent gentleness in him and the way he treated
her with respect.
It was hard to turn down someone who carried himself with that much grace.
“Sure, | can pretend. It's not a problem,” she agreed without hesitation.
His smile lit up, warm and easy. “Linsey, you're amazing. Thank you.” The praise made her cheeks warm, and
she quickly waved it off. “It’s nothing, really. Hardly worth mentioning.”
As she thought it over, she realized that playing the role of Gorman’s girlfriend would be just as useful for her as
it was for him.
Being an orphan meant she had no family breathing down her neck about marriage.
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But her looks had brought her more trouble than she wanted at work.
Smid-level supervisors saw her youth, beauty, and soft nature as an invitation—cracking crude jokes or
dangling promotions to push her into sleeping with them.
The worst were the drunken male executives who would take liberties and touch her.
She had to find a way to escape that
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obit bf spite, which eventually pushed
her to leave the country for a while.
It occurred to her now that with
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Once he and Linsey reached an agreement, Gorman immediately set things in motion for their trip back home.
Before long, they arrived in Grester.
The moment Linsey stepped off the
plane, she headed straight for the
hospital. Gorman had lanneg)tpmo
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befdre t ey entered the building, his
assistant called about a problem with
a branch office project. He had no
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They parted ways at the hospital entrance, and Linsey took the elevator to the floor where Dolores was staying.
Her worry over her friend's condition made her step out quickly the moment the elevator doors opened.
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