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CHAPTER 145: CELINE STANCE
Author: THE EAGLES
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Mr Gabriel didn't give a hoot about how his niece felt about the marriage imposition. As long as he wouldn't go down for the debt his late brother owed then everything is fine.

What's so wrong with getting married to a multi-billionaire? Huh? It would likely be impossible to mention the top five water production firms in Paris without mentioning the name; Gaston Boucher!

Gaston Boucher still maintained a deep smirk across his lips. He knew Celine wasn't comfortable with his choice of words but he didn't care either.

Celine sat restlessly with her heart entertaining different thoughts. She had wished she was in a different circumstance where she wouldn't be bullied into marriage because of her parent's debt.

Her heart sank in uncertainty and disorientation as she wished Raphael Gauthier would surface already as agreed.

“Has my strong-willed soon-to-be wife suddenly gone mute? She can't talk again?”

“Oh… I thought you had some words to spill, why suddenly gone mute?”

“Oh, she's shy? She
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