Rowan's POV

It had been a week since my marriage contract with Sia began. I had deliberately avoided meeting her, fearing that spending time together might lead to  us being intimate or even falling in love. Besides, I needed an eyewitness to prove our marriage was not a sham, but that was complicated by Sasha, my ex-girlfriend, who publicly announced that I had proposed to her. The only person who could convince Sasha to make such a claim was my mother.

As I pondered this, a call came in from Sia. I had nothing to say to her, so I ignored it. Instead, I contacted Killian, asking him to restrict...