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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.“”

gently from his. “Yeah, but that was before I had all the information,” she murmurs. Back when she thought he was Prince Charming, not the heir to a mafia

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knew it wouldn’t be a sexual relationship- or even one. in which he was faithful – he had always hoped

me to be?” she asks softly. “Would I even be able to pursue my career, which means so much

is no- his wife would be expected to stay home, manage his social affairs, raise their kids.

speaking the truth for both of them. “But

Thompson, this poor, delicate, timid girl, feels

must be so pathetic.

he says softly. “I’ll do my

happy.”

sitting next to him, putting her head

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go, Daniel, I’m

realizing that she still plans to escape. He

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