Laura Sterling
“Sign a marriage contract with you? Are you insane?” I blurted out, my voice cracking with disbelief as I stared at Aaron like he had just asked for my soul instead of my signature, my heart pounding violently against my ribs.
The room suddenly felt too small, too suffocating, as his words echoed over and over in my mind. "Marriage contract for one year and love him." Unbelievable.
“I don’t even know you,” I added, my tone dropping into something sharper, defensive, even as my fingers curled into the blanket, gripping it like it was the only thing keeping me grounded.
Aaron didn’t flinch. Not even a little.
“You don’t need to know everything about me right now,” he replied calmly, his voice steady in a way that only made me more unsettled, like he had already thought te
