Chapter 5 - Ryan's Confession About the Arranged Corporate Marriage Trap
Down in the living room, the Military Police forced Ryan onto his knees, slapping heavy steel handcuffs around his wrists with finality. Ryan looked up the staircase, his eyes meeting Lisa’s cold, unblinking gaze as she walked slowly down the wooden steps.
“Tell me why you married me, Ryan,” Lisa demanded, her voice like shards of broken glass piercing the silent morning air. Ryan swallowed hard, his arrogant posture completely broken as the reality of a federal prison sentence set in.
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“My mother needed your cybersecurity firm's government defense clearance to funnel the charity grants,” Ryan confessed, his voice cracking miserably. “The marriage was arranged by Evelyn and my commanding officer before we ever met at that coffee shop.”
Evelyn screamed obscenities from the corner of the room, but the officers silenced her with a sharp order to remain quiet.
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