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Author: Jessy May
last update Last Updated: 2025-05-17 07:27:47
~JESSICA~

Dinner was served on a long glass table that looked like it belonged in a museum, not a home. Two place settings. Candles flickering between us. And silence—again.

Daniel cut into his steak with the precision of a man who did everything deliberately. I barely touched my food.

“You’re not eating,” he said, eyes still on his plate.

“I’m not hungry.”

He didn’t push. Just nodded and kept chewing.

I stared at him for a moment, really looked at him. His jaw was tight, his posture rigid, his eyes always calculating. But beneath it all, there was a flicker—something that looked a lot like pain.

I set my fork down. “Why did you want to marry me so fast?”

He looked up slowly, his expression unreadable. “We already discussed this. You needed money. I needed….”

“A wife,” I cut in. “For appearances, right? Business-related. To sign a contract deal.”

“Yes.”

“But there’s more, isn’t there?” I asked.

He didn’t respond immediately.

His silence wasn’t just avoidance, it was laced with caution
Jessy May

Read what really happened that day in the next chapter.

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