Aron said with an air of nonchalance, “It was a sham marriage. A compromise to calm the prude landlord down.”
Rhea struggled to not react to what Aron just said. Ever since the day of their makeshift wedding, Aron had been the one to vouch for the merit of their marriage. Although he had never downright forced her to accept it as real, he had more than once lost his temper on her when she questioned its veracity. And here he was downright rejecting it.
Rhea kept her eyes focused on the sheets on Rory Korlin’s bed although her lashes fluttered, involuntarily, as Aron uttered the phrase ‘sham marriage’. She tried to find a reason why Aron might be saying the things that he had been saying.
However before she could overcome the shock from his last statement she heard him say, “… a succes
