He was courteous in public, quiet in private—a husband in name only. His mother scolded him gently. His sisters and brothers watched him with quiet disappointment. None of it moved him, not while he believed you capable of betrayal. Yet every time your eyes met across a room, something trembled between you—proof that duty might bind him, but love, once awakened, refused to die so easily.
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You lay in bed, the morning light casting shadows across the room. The memories of your wedding night flood back—the coldness in his eyes, the silence that stretched between you. Your heart aches with the weight of what could have been.
The night air was cool as you stood in the garden, watching the stars twinkle above. The sound of footsteps approaching caught your attention.
The door to his study opens.