Chapter 37

Fay glares at him a little. “Sure, I can have whatever I want,

except, you know, the freedom to leave this house. A marriage to someone who loves me.”

Daniel tilts his head, truly wanting to make it better. “I love you, Fay. In my own way.”

She sighs, knowing he means well.

“I just don’t care about all of this, Daniel,” she says. “I don’t care about this wealth and power that everyone thinks is so important. Plus, you’re forgetting the fact that all of this wealth and power come with the heavy pricetag of violence.”

Daniel screws his mouth to the side, admitting, silently, that she’s

right.

“Don’t you want to choose your own lover?” She asks, leaning forward eagerly. “Instead of being assigned one?”

He hesitates, squeezing her hand. “I kind of did pick you, Fay. And you picked me. Even before I knew we were ‘assigned.“”

was before I had all the information,” she murmurs. Back

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going to be a good husband to you,” Daniel murmurs, really meaning it. He always knew he’d get married to a woman, and even if he knew it wouldn’t be a sexual relationship- or

doubt. “But what kind of wife would you want me to be?” she asks softly. “Would I even be able

answer is no- his wife would be expected to stay home, manage his social affairs, raise their kids. But he also knows

us really want, Daniel,” she says, speaking the truth for both of them. “But somehow, you’ve just…given in to it. I

to his heart. Fay Thompson, this poor, delicate, timid girl, feels sorry for

pathetic. He hangs his head.

Fay,” he says softly. “I’ll do my

happy.”

until she’s sitting next to him, putting

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“And so will!. When I go, Daniel, I’m not going to

her, then, realizing that she still plans to escape.

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