Eros
"Sorry to tell you, but it'll have to be." Gareth's smile is apologetic as he puffs on his cigar. "For now, at least. If you want to marry her sooner, you could always kill her ex-husband." He grins at me like he's joking, but I stare back at him, not smiling.
"I will gladly end that fucker's life. Murder is certainly not off the table."
He sighs and shakes his head. "Well, if you get caught, give me a call."
"Find a loophole, Gareth. Find a way for me to make her my wife tomorrow. Find me something."
He ashes his cigar and considers me for a moment. "Eros, if this is just about making sure your family will accept her, do you really need to make it legal? Go through with the ceremony. Sign the papers. Do everything except, you know, actually file with the state. The moment her di
