"I will be there," Richard said quickly, as if he was afraid she would change her mind. "I have something to show you. It's important."
"Okay," she replied shortly. "See you then."
As soon as she hung up, she pulled up her recent calls and tapped Andrew's name for the third time that hour. She held the phone to her ear, listening to the hollow ring... ring... ring... until it finally cut to voicemail.
Nothing. Not even a text to say he was busy.
He had been so distant and distracted lately. He barely looked at her when they were in the same room, and his mind always seemed to be somewhere else. Jasmine stared at the dark screen of her phone, feeling a cold knot of doubt in her stomach.
Now, she was starting to wonder if it was a good idea to marry him.
Was she walking into a life of loneliness? Was marrying him the biggest mistake of her life?
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