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ARIEL’S POV

I wasn’t quick enough to get a grip on myself, and that made the man a little bit suspicious even though I shook hands with him with a pretty smile on my face.

“Are you okay?” He asked. He could tell that I was not myself entirely.

But how could he know that I was overwhelmed by the whole thing that was happening so fast for me to know how to handle it.

Not only were people still staring at me, but I could still see some of their mouths moving, indicating from their body language and eye contact that they were gossiping about me. I waited until Fred and I were alone before I moved closer to him.

“Why didn’t you tell me about this? I didn’t even know that you were married!” I tried as much as I could to keep my voice down while I followed Fred to a corner of the hall. He pretende……