Are you happy in your marriage?

Laura's POV:

Blast that Reiner! Just what does he takes me for?

It's been evident right from the very start that our marriage was nothing but a convenience for the both of us.

Now he's gotten what he wants, he's gonna discard me.

Of course I'm aware right after I've put to birth and the island's suddenly becomes his, I'd leave his life forever.

The reality of this thought of mind brought me out in sweats.

Until now, I had lived in the illusion that a life with Reiner might change something in me.

Anything.

But it hasn't. It only made me more dependant on him.

Screw it all, why does he have to be such a jerk? Not after I saved his life. Why was he so ungrateful?

As I rode the elevator down the first floor, I bite my lips hard as I recalled his words from Buffalo:

"Let's get things clear. Don't think for once just because we're married, I'm gonna commit to you or play the role of a faithful husband. I'm not doing any of that, get it?"

Those were his words. They came directly from