Ch-15 : The rule
Author: J V
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"Did we hear that correctly? You already have a wife! You got married? To whom? When?!"

Romera read out the list of questions that was not only running through everyone's minds but was also visible in their eyes- even though nobody else had found the words to express that yet.

"Umm…"

Mark was unable to say a single word apart from this.

He might have announced this giant news and revealed his hidden marriage, but he himself was not sure about how his family was going to react to this news.

In the beginning, he had to hide this news from everyone else, since he had his doubts and he wanted to confirm everything before taking any further steps.

And right now, he was still keeping it under wraps because he still had a few things that were essential to him to know.

But after hearing from Alex that his family had already undertaken a mission of bride- hunting, he knew he couldn't keep this hidden any longer.

And while he was contemplating his rash decision of revealing everything without
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