“This marriage is a business arrangement, and since you nullified the terms by not disclosing your past relationships, a new agreement has been drawn.” He closes his laptop and leans back in his chair. His muscular forearms flex, and I wish I could hate him the way I once did. It would make everything so much easier.
“You really want to follow your father’s plan?” I ask, stepping forward and placing my palms on the edge of his desk. We are closer than we’ve been in days, and I can feel my body yearning to be close to him. “I will have a family with you, Luka. I agreed to this marriage. But not like this. As part of a deal? Is that how you want your firstborn to come into this world? Why can’t we wait until we are ready?”
“Because I don’t know that I won’t be murdered in my sleep while we
