for a moment julia could not anything wxcept his own heartbeat

shaking fingers. “There is no legal marriage. The ceremony was staged. The judge at the hacienda was not a civil judge. The certificate was never registered. I made sure of that before I let this go one step further.”

Julián felt the room tilt. “You lied to me.”

“Yes.”

The answer was so direct that it knocked the next accusation out of him.

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