The Marriage Effect Novels & Stories

"Wait, sir! M-marriage? Really? You want me to marry you? Are you—" She couldn't finish what she was saying because he cut her off, but there was still a hint of shock on her face. "Don't overreact, okay? I'm not done yet," he said. "You told me that your grandmother is in the hospital, right? You need your work to support your grandmother's medical needs. I'll be honest with you, you can't support your grandmother's hospital bills just by working at the store. Even if you get tired from working, it won't be enough. I just want you to marry me for some reason, and I know that you too will benefit from this."

Marriage, sometimes we call it matrimony or wedlock. It is a formal union and social and legal contract between two individuals that unites their lives legally, economically, and emotionally. It is a union between people, called spouses, that establishes rights and obligations between them, as well as between them and their children, and between them and their in-laws. But do all marriages involve love and attachment with your significant other? A marriage of convenience is a marriage contracted for reasons other than that of love and commitment. Instead, such a marriage is entered into for personal gain, hiding one's homosexuality or some sort of strategic purpose. Have you ever heard of La

"How ref‌reshingly adolescent. Let me educate you about something, my dea⁠r. Love is a fairy ta‌l‍e we tell ourselves to make th⁠e transaction of m‌arriage more p‍alatable. The realit⁠y is far more practical." She⁠ stood and walk‌ed to the window agai‍n, her silhouette sharp against the‍ bright sky. "M⁠ar‍riage, re‌a‌l marriage in families like ours‌, serves two purposes. Repro⁠ductio⁠n and str⁠ategic alliance."‌ She glanced back at me over her shoul‌der. "‍You‌ b‌rin⁠g no strateg⁠ic value to the Blackwood name. No business connections⁠, no political influen⁠ce, no soci⁠al s‍tanding. Which leaves o‌n‍ly one p‍ossible u‍se for you⁠."

I looked at hubby who signaled to stop what he was doing when he bit my nail. "Marriage is a vital social institution. The exclusive commitment of two individuals to each other nurtures love and mutual support; it brings stability to our society. for those who choose to marry, and for their children, marriage provides an abundance of social benefits, as well as obligations. killed, father looked at my hand. Hey, will he put me in jail because I killed a louse? So sorry father, sorry papa Jesus.

The man I had married six months ago in a ceremony that felt more like a corporate merger than a wedding. Our families had arranged everything from the beginning. The Moreaus owned half the luxury real estate in three states. The Voss family controlled the shipping and logistics that moved goods through those properties. The merger would save both sides billions in the long run. The wedding was huge. Televised in certain circles. Covered in magazines that called it “the union of the decade.” We smiled for the cameras, said our vows in front of five hundred people, and then retreated to separate suites on our honeymoon in the Maldives. I spent the week reading novels on the beach alone.

1 Marriage. A word that changes human lives in a different yet sometimes beautiful way. For lovers; marriage means the celebration of love, peace, joy or a forever they promised to each other. Finding a home in someone, dedicating your whole life to that person and experiencing everything with them is said to be living in a dream world whereas only a few get to live in it till the end. These eight are stronger than any other word in the world because it purely means a new phase of life. However, for some, it could only mean signing up for a death warrant.

I had asked, “Why does it have to be marriage?” He focused his gaze on me, “Getting married is the partnership. A merger could make headlines, but marriage would stir hearts, it would blow minds, and our stock would skyrocket.” Then he swallowed uneasily as if he wanted to say something else, but wasn't exactly sure if he wanted to say it or not. He proceeded anyway, “Besides Charles Vanderbilt, Aaron’s father, we have a bit of a not-so-good history in the past. Marriage is kind of the only way to ensure neither of us will have to screw each other over since we would become family.”

Someone who understands roles, hers and mine. And as a man, I’ll give her protection, a last name that opens every locked door, and a life most people can only dream of. That’s how it works here. Marriage isn’t love. It’s currency. People in my circle would laugh if anyone mentioned marrying for love. The higher you climb in society, the more obvious it becomes that power beats feelings. Luxury beats emotion every single time.