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What happens when the one you want is the only one you canât have?
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It was set in stone. After years of rebelling against everything good and wholesome, Iâd agreed to an arranged marriage as part of a business proposition.
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Elle and I hadnât spent any time together, though, aside from talking on the phone.
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After a long-distance relationship, I planned to move into a guesthouse on her familyâs property so we could get to know each other before the wedding.
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Elle was unlike anyone I'd ever been with. She was so innocent, and I had to respect her choice to wait until after we were married to have sex.
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In the months before moving, Iâd accepted that as my fate--even learned to control my desires.
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Until I got there and met herâĻthe one.
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That was when restraint became a problemâĻespecially since âthe oneâ wasnât Elle.
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It was her sister, Evangeline.
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For the first time in my life, I was falling in love.
And I was screwed.
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Penelope Ward is a New York Times, USA Today and #1 Wall Street Journal bestselling author.
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She grew up in Boston with five older brothers and spent most of her twenties as a television news anchor. Penelope resides in Rhode Island with her husband, son, and beautiful daughter with autism.
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With over 1.5 million books sold, she is a twenty-time New York Times bestseller and the author of over twenty novels.
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