A Life Debt Repaid

The guests were encouraging, loudly asking, “Why?!”

“Because of a woman,” Sam’s recording replied.

“Who is it?”

“Quinn Summer,” the Sam on the screen said slowly and clearly, leaving the Sam who was in the hall stunned.

What the hell?! That was the proposal video he prepared before!

Why did it show up here? Did Zoe make a mistake?!

He knew it-leave anything to Zoe, and she would mess it up!

He started striding toward the stage, intent on stopping the recording, when John and Bob intercepted him with a look of utter guilt while the recording continued. “Quinn is my wife, and we’ve been married for years, but I’ve never really loved her-not because I don’t, but because I’m afraid to. I feel too insignificant in comparison to the one she loves, so I’d always hurt her…

so long because of my own jealousy? I’d rather hold you

miserable picture, and his words

could laugh as much

met you. I tried to catch your eye with every way you hate because you

I’ll turn over a new leaf. I probably won’t be a successful man, but I swear

hurt you out of jealousy. From now on, what you say goes in our family, and me, my

the more sentimental

me again? This will be the real start of our marriage-we’ll sleep together every day, performing

again-could he not be serious for a

as they are mine, I’ll love them

hard to be a good husband and a

“I love you, Quinn!”

“Will you marry me?!”

at that stage, and Sam would go on stage with a diamond ring and go down on