Ruby
“I can't…I can't move into your house,” I stuttered.
“Why? Where have you ever seen married couples living separately?”
I swallowed a lump in my throat, unable to find a statement to counter it. It wasn't as though he repulsed me or I didn't want to live with him, it was just that everything was happening too soon.
“Mrs. Smith, we're married. Didn't you know this would happen?”
“Mrs Smith,” That name almost made me blush.
“I'm not prepared to live with you. I didn't know the contract included it.”
“Well, you know now,” he said with a slight grin.
My knees are knocking together, and I wonder if he's noticing it. From saving me the night from the rogues, to giving me a position in his office, and then a marriage contract, now it's an offer to move into his house. Or more like an
