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'Boom!' Mirabel felt the small crack in her defences for the first time. He only did that in a day! 'How long can I hold on?' She wondered.

'Was he that aggressive with his 'numbered' girls?' she had no idea, and that was the point of worry for her. Wasn't she pathetic? He just flashed a few life's trinkets and luxuries around, and she was already wavering… as if she had not been dealt with enough in her life already. The same thoughts kept on in a loop in her headspace.

He closed the gap between them and added, as if privy to her thoughts, "I know you will one day come to believe me, my dear; I have had many dates, as you know and may continue to hear, but I knew what I wanted from the onset with you, and I wanted to do right by you… you are not like my past ladies! I married you before we even met in person or even talked of going on our first date!