Historical Arranged Marriages Novels & Stories

Something about it felt off, but at the same time, I couldn’t help but think that this was something relevant, something that would help me understand my parents a bit better and know the reasons behind the things they did. “Tell me,” I heard myself say, intrigued. “Well, our marriage, too, had been arranged since time immemorial,” she confessed, making my eyes widen in shock. Arranged? My parents too had an arranged marriage? It shouldn’t have shocked me, because it was about thirty years ago and at that time, arranged marriages between wealthy families was a common norm. But still, this felt different; like there was more to the story than what met the eyes.

She pulled open her shirt and the pendant I had seen that time shone bright on her neck. “This… this is the evidence that I now belonged to another man. I am betrothed to another person, why can't you get it?” I laughed out ludicrously. “Who does that in the 21st century? Arranged marriage?” I scoffed. “My parents do. They arranged me to a man. They still do. People still arrange their daughters to men twice their age. Parents still give out their daughters to men who is old enough to be their father! And yes, unfortunately for me, I am a victim of that.” She spat out.

My carefully constructed plans, my patience, my sacrifices— all for nothing. He had cast me aside for her. You could say that it was karma for what I did to him, but I barely played a part in it. The arranged marriage had been planned by my father and his. They were adamant that we got married, and I bought into the idea. Now the idea seemed to have backfired. What was I going to do now? Nothing. There was nothing I could do. Dane was going to marry me. We had already signed the papers. This was just a phase. He was going to get through it. I tried to convince myself

Married women were far easier and less expensive to leave when the affair was over, since they had husbands to answer to. His status as the second son of the late Maharaja meant that it would be expected that he would make a dynastic marriage to someone deemed high-born enough to become his wife, their marriage negotiated by courtiers and lawyers. Arni had a deep-rooted aversion to allowing other people to arrange his life for him, aside from the fact that he had absolutely no interest in bedding a naive, carefully protected suitable’ girl, whose virginity would be traded as part of the deal in the negotiations for their marriage.

He gave me a look that said: You're a lying asshole. "It's not that complicated." I took a long sip of my beer. "But it is. All of a sudden, I find out you got married. Explain it to me, because I’m tired of trying to figure it out." "It's an arranged marriage," I blurted out. His eyes widened. I immediately explained everything, which left him at the edge of his seat. It felt good to confide in him after so long. "That whore!" he barked. I raised an eyebrow at him. "You should take revenge."

Oh my gosh, I still can't believe that I missed my bestie's wedding, I feel like the worst person on earth," Avery said wiping invisible tears from her face. "Stop making a fuse already, not like the wedding means anything to me, it is a fucking arranged marriage," Nelly spat angrily. "Seriously, who practice arranged marriage in this era, that was in the time of the old not now again things have changed. My parents can never force me to be with someone I don't love, is never going to happen" Avery said through gritted teeth. "I never had a choice, if you were in my shoes there is nothing you can do, my father got into a stupid deal with Michael Kent and I was forced to marry his son and her

"My Grandfather, the one who built the organization. In his will, he stated the one who will be in charge is his first grandson, me. I just have to get married and If don't after a few years, it's to be passed to the person after me. That's my parents were in a hurry to get me wedded to you. Luckily for them, your father owed them money, it made it easier...I thought you already knew this?" "No," Blair whispered. "I didn't know...so, you got married to me only because of the inheritance?" "Blair-" "I need to go rest."

, Bright sighed and spoke to his cat who was purring on the table. Bright was equally guilty about last night, perplexed at his own feelings and flustered at how weak he had been in front of them. He wanted to talk to Ash about it, sort it out so that they could go back to being contractually married to each other, living like strangers. Bright had grown accustomed to believing that he had a perfectly happy married life with a husband who he loved and who loved him back. He refused to believe the circumstances that had pulled him and Ash close again but he had found peace in their arrangement and all he wanted was that their marriage never ended.

Cute. "Sophia ." "Hmm" "I don't know how to say it , shit!" I took a deep breath before sitting up and continuing. "This marriage was fixed by our parents . I was literally forced in this marriage and I was not at all ready. I had lost my belief in love and more specifically women. When I heard that you have agreed to marry me without even properly knowing me , I thought you are one of those gold diggers who just want rich men as their husbands. But then I realised that you're far from my imagination and you're not concerned about money. I know I shouldn't have judged you without knowing why you had married me. " I looked down after this. I wanted her to say something.

Julian said, "Morgan, if your brother marries a high-ranking official's daughter, he wouldn't have gotten suspended because the higher-ups would certainly protect their son-in-law. "Bennet wouldn't have to worry about his future. He will definitely get promoted. Why did people in ancient times have arranged marriages between officials? It's because they can always get assistance by having someone in the government." After Julian finished speaking, Morgan grew angry. "Why would a man need to achieve stability in his career through arranged marriages in this day and age? Did my dad marry my mom because she was a high-ranking official's daughter? Did Martin marry Amelia because she was a high-r