n is better than I

o be rude or insu

y. Let's go over i

oid compromising issues. I didn't see any point in disagreeing, because he promised never to touch me or disrespect me in any way. How can he do that when the first rule of the contract is that no one should fall in lov

e of minutes, and his mood today is no differen

did we meet?"

im the same answer. "Nine mo

we become

month

and why did we

" I guessed that was his next question, and he nodded his head. "Church weddings take a long time to prepare, and we couldn't wait that long. We wanted to live together immediately, so instead of just movi

Maybe he is now convinced tha

being your husband, who

know, you are a stranger that I know barely anything about other than you

anything about yourself." I say, and his loo

name Jerol O'Brian McCall before?" I shake my head again, and if this is th

sessing some superhero powers or something? The dar

king back, and like an obedient puppy, I

a devil they are avoiding. Who really is this man? He doesn't say a word to the servants, who are shaking in fear just because of his presence. He doesn't even spare them a glance, and I do the

over me from behind. I walk closer, scanning each one of them. Even between other elegant men, I can still make out his face. There is also one common name and tit

ing hell is ha

a face to him, my jaw rolling somewhere on the floor. I look at him, with no expression at all on his face, then I look to the wall again, to that photocopy o

te shock, my eyes on him, while my left-hand index finger is pointing to the

t so flatly as if he is admitting to

e shoo

sit down because my legs are givi

ger, a weirdo, but... This

nutes. It wasn't my intention; my mouth just ran dry with words, and I decided to put

'm out of words. My throat is even cracking out of dryness. I swallow hard the little liquid in my mouth, which doesn't help much. "Here, he hands me an

lect the iPad, but Jerol ha

iPad and returning it to the t

and my

rst time wearing heels. And now I am adding more injuries? Wow! Just wow! I stagger, and Jerol catches hold of me before I embarrass myse

und out about me? What's wrong?" He asks, and