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.“”

all the information,” she murmurs. Back when she thought he was Prince Charming, not

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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 even one. in which he was faithful – he had always hoped it

him, full of doubt. “But what kind of wife would you want me to be?” she asks softly. “Would I even be able to pursue my career, which means so much to

manage his social affairs, raise their kids. But he also knows that saying that aloud right now isn’t going to make this any

response, Fay sighs again. “This isn’t what either of us really want, Daniel,” she says, speaking the truth for both

to his heart. Fay Thompson, this poor, delicate, timid

be so pathetic. He

he says softly. “I’ll do my

happy.”

until she’s sitting next to him, putting

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

realizing that she still plans to escape. He doesn’t burst her bubble.

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