“Be serious,”

She let out and he stop laughing and stared straight at her.

“Arielle, it is not your usual kind of marriage? It’s like a business, you get what you want which is your freedom and I get what I want too, you get even more, it’s a big win for you, is it that hard to grasp?”

He responded as if it was the most natural thing to say, she never told him she wanted anything and she damn well knew she had nothing that he wants, it’s not like she is the secret daughter of a hugely wealthy family or something, she was plain and poor, and...