The Marriage He Must Keep
“And go back to what? Pretending this was never going to happen?
It wasn’t supposed to! From his earliest forays into relationships, he’d known he didn’t want to fall in love. All his affairs had been lighthearted and his goal for marriage had been to find a compatible partner he could respect without putting his heart on the roller coaster his mother had endured.
Octavia had been perfect. She’d come from the right background, had an honestly earned fortune and a conciliatory nature that... hadn’t provoked strong feelings in him.
Except in bed.
And then out of it.
Yes, he couldn’t deny that his feelings for her had been growing from those first weeks of his marriage. He’d tried to stay them, had left her in London and convinced himself he hadn’t missed her, but since Lorenzo’s birth he’d been unable to effectively keep himself from growing more and more attached.MoreLess
It wasn’t supposed to! From his earliest forays into relationships, he’d known he didn’t want to fall in love. All his affairs had been lighthearted and his goal for marriage had been to find a compatible partner he could respect without putting his heart on the roller coaster his mother had endured.
Octavia had been perfect. She’d come from the right background, had an honestly earned fortune and a conciliatory nature that... hadn’t provoked strong feelings in him.
Except in bed.
And then out of it.
Yes, he couldn’t deny that his feelings for her had been growing from those first weeks of his marriage. He’d tried to stay them, had left her in London and convinced himself he hadn’t missed her, but since Lorenzo’s birth he’d been unable to effectively keep himself from growing more and more attached.MoreLess
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