Marriage For One Novels & Stories

A stranger with blood on his hands and power she couldn’t fight. Something unfamiliar twisted in my chest. I should have been annoyed but instead I was intrigued. This marriage was nothing more than a business deal. Right after the wedding, I intended to shove her into a glitzy mansion, pad her wallet with credit cards and cash, and check in on her only when I’d need her to attend a public function with me or when my Dad needed to tug on her father’s leash “You’re not allowed to be with other men in this marriage,” I said coldly.

i muttered, clinking my glass to his in a bitter toast. “Is that so?” He chuckled, his gaze soft and unintrusive. “Not... not all, maybe,” i admitted reluctantly. “But the kind I keep meeting? Yeah. Definitely trash.” I laughed, though there was no humor in my voice. I had been talking too much, I know, but it was as if once I start, there is no stopping. “Seven years of marriage,” i continued, shaking my head, “Gone in an instant, and for what? A spark with an old lover, my stepsister!” I looked away, focusing on the golden lights. “Turns out I was... disposable.”

“You don’t remember. But your soul does.” “What—” He steps closer. Too close. I feel his breath on my skin. Then he whispers the one thing I never expected to hear again today. “Luna… please marry me.” My jaw drops. “What is wrong with everyone today?!” “It’s not today,” he says softly. “It’s destiny.” “I just met you!” “You were always meant to be mine.” “Nope.” I step back. “Goodbye.” I turn to leave, but he catches my wrist—gentle, yet firm.

"That's not a problem, you can leave your husband and get a divorce from him. I don't care if you are married; you belong to me and me alone." "Are you crazy?!" Charlotte busted out in anger. She used all of her energy to push Christian's hands off her. "You really expect me to leave my husband for you?" "Listen Charlotte, I know five years have passed but I still feel the same way about you. Plus, I know that the marriage between Sebastian and you is just a contract marriage. You guys never even met prior to a month before your marriage." Charlotte's heart stopped beating for a moment when she heard Christian say that her marriage was based on a contract.

"Can we just coexist peacefully from now on? Stop pestering me about love. We're both parents now; we should focus on living harmoniously for the kids." I tried to pull him back from the edge, helping him see reality. The reality was I didn't love him, and I never would. He was just the father of my children to me. He averted his gaze, draining his glass of red wine in one gulp. "Teagan, do you really feel nothing for me?" His voice grew hoarse, tinged with emotion. "Teagan, but we're married! How can that work without love?" I felt tired; my temples began to throb again.

"Our word still stands: you're to marry Diana. If you refuse to do so, you must bring your bride and introduce us to the woman you want to marry. And you have just one month to do that." I was wide-eyed at what I had just heard. To them, this felt like a business deal. Where am I supposed to find a bride in a month?

“I’m marrying you, not them. Getting married these days is simple. We just need our IDs." Adora’s eyes widened. “You don’t need anything else?” “Right,” Louis confirmed, then, recalling her past, added gently. “You’ve been out of the loop these past few years. It’s a new law—now you only need an ID to register a marriage.” Adora truly hadn’t known. "Well? How about we go get the marriage certificate tomorrow?" "Are you serious? We haven’t even known each other that long. We just made things official!" "I'm completely serious. I’ve been single for years because I’m picky. And now that I’ve finally met someone like you, I’m sure of what I want."

THE WORD marriage was a big word for me. If ever you’ll enter into the sacrament of marriage, you must be ready for the lifetime commitment because marriage wasn’t just a stage of life where you wanted to marry someone at first then if you get tired, you’ll leave him or her. In the stage of marriage, there was no room for playing. People weren’t playing at this stage. Before two people enter this stage, you two must be very sure that you love each other and that both are willing to enter into a lifetime commitment. Being married to someone was the starting point where you will be building a family with your partner.

In ten years, I'd be thirty-three! Keep it calm... Don't blow this up. He's still my boss. I hid surprise from my face and kept my expression blank like his own. I swallowed a huge clump of nerves. "Do we behave like a couple?" "When we are among people, yes but when we are alone, we are just two separate people." He said so calmly. How is he not freaking out? Why does he take this matter as a child's play, like he could renew his years if he did the contract marriage? Or did he plan never to marry?

he says in between his fits of laughter but he didn’t stop speaking. “the thing is that people marry because they want to spend the rest of their life knowing that they officially have their one person. I mean you know on your own that you have found your person by all the emotions that they bring to you, but then you clear every single doubt you have by legalizing your union. Legalizing the union is more of a formality just so every other human recognizes that you two have chosen each other out of the billions that populate the earth.” He pauses to give his wife a small smile from across the table then continues again.