Marry me.

She should be happy that Lucien was getting married, right? That would mean their contract would come to an end. Wouldn’t it? This should be another reason to celebrate for her. But something inside her broke. How could he do this to her? He should have had the decency to let her know. How could he keep her like that when he had a real relationship? And how was that fair to his future wife?

​ The truth was as much as she dreamed about being free of the contract, she never really understood that would mean being free of Lucien.Somehow the idea that the contract ending meant they could begin a relationship. It was stupid, and she knew it.

She and Lucien would never ever work, and it was time she accepted that. She would not let him ruin her night. Not again. This was her time to be happy and celebrate her accomplishment. To hell with him. He would not run her night.

But the thought of whom Lucien was getting married to just kept lingering in her head. She tried to keep him out of her mi