Chapter 20: Her family
Chapter 20: Her family ELENA She told Marisol on Saturday. She said: “We crossed a line.” Marisol said, immediately: “The […]
Convenient Arrangement
A marriage of convenience romance where fake feelings turn dangerously real.
Chapter 19: What changed
Chapter 19: What changed ADRIAN In the morning she made coffee. He had come to know her morning process over
Chapter 18: The real thing
Chapter 18: The real thing ELENA He crossed the room and she stood and he kissed her. It was not
Chapter 17: What she said she wanted
Chapter 17: What she said she wanted ELENA She sat in her room and thought about the will. She thought
Chapter 16: The will
Chapter 16: The will ADRIAN His grandfather’s will was read on a Thursday in April. He had known the reading
Chapter 15: What she discovered
Chapter 15: What she discovered ELENA She found out about the hospice donation by accident. It was a Thursday in
Chapter 14: What he found
Chapter 14: What he found ADRIAN He found it by accident on a Thursday afternoon. He had come back to
Chapter 13: The family dinner
Chapter 13: The family dinner ELENA The Blackwood family dinner was on a Saturday in February. She had known it
Chapter 12: What the apartment felt like now
Chapter 12: What the apartment felt like now ADRIAN He came home to things. This was new. For seven years
Chapter 11: One month
Chapter 11: One month ELENA A month in, the apartment had her in it. She noticed it the way you