In the dining room, they ate in silence. Phoebe was starving and ate quickly, almost wolfing down her food without much grace.
Alexander frowned, clearly not used to seeing a woman eat so carelessly.
"You'll live here from now on," he said suddenly.
"What?" Phoebe looked up, mid-bite, confused. Was he talking to her?
Alexander repeated his words calmly as he continued eating his meal with elegance.
The second he said it, the piece of beef she had just swallowed seemed to get stuck in her throat, and she coughed a few times, her eyes wide with shock. "Why?"
"Don't forget, you're my wife now," he said, his tone sharp, clearly irritated by her attitude. Any other woman would be grateful for such an offer.
Wife?
Her head started to spin again.
"But... I didn't agree to that contract w
