Marcelina's POV
The door clicked shut behind him.
And I didn't move.
I just stood there, staring at it, like if I looked hard enough, it would open again and he'd walk back in, take it all back, and say something different.
But it stayed closed.
My chest rose and fell slowly as his words replayed in my head, one after the other, refusing to settle.
"You'll have everything you need."
"You've got some big debts to pay off."
"Obedience..."
Yeah, that wasn't gonna happen.
And then—
"This marriage ends once the child is born."
My breath hitched.
Because that one lingered the longest.
I swallowed, my fingers tightening slightly at my sides as I tried to process it. Tried to make sense of it. Slowly, almost without realizing it, I started counting.
Months. Weeks. How long that
