Seeing that Maeve remained silent, Julius raised an eyebrow. "As I said, I need a wife, and you need a husband. It's a win-win partnership. If you call this deceit, then what do you call your actions? Kind concealment? Forced cooperation?"
"Uh..." Maeve gave a dry laugh. "It seems so."
"Get rid of those dirty thoughts of yours. With Francis, my naive rich friend, do you think I would covet anything from you?" Julius asked, his words laced with sarcasm.
Maeve became indignant. "Then why don't you marry Francis?"
"My country's laws don't allow it. If they did, I would have been raising his children by now."
Maeve was speechless.
Okay, she shouldn't have asked.
"You two, don't tell me..."
"Shut up!" Julius snapped at her. "If you dare spout nonsense, think of all those things, and del
