Chapter 11 - Dominic Finally Told Me Why He Had Agreed to Marry Me—And His Answer Changed the Meaning of Our Entire WeddingAfter the danger ended, I asked him.
"Would you have married me if you had been free to choose?"
He didn't answer immediately.
Then he looked at me.
"I already did."
"What?"
"The contract was arranged."
"I know."
"The situation was engineered."
"I know."
"But the moment you told me I confused innocence with ignorance..."
He smiled.
"I knew I was in trouble."
I laughed.
"You were intimidated?"
"Terrified."
"Of me?"
"Of liking you."
I stared.
He continued.
"I had spent my entire life surrounded by people who wanted something from me."
"What did I want?"
"Nothing."
"I wanted money."
"At first."
I smiled.
"Fair."
He took my hand.
"But then you saw me."
The scar.
The insomnia.
The weakness.
"The real me."
I nodded.
"And I saw you."
That was when I realized our marriage had changed.
The contract hadn't been love.
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The ceremony hadn't been love.
But the life we built afterward was.
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