Chapter 384

‘Cassia.’ His face darkened. "Would you prefer if I told people how we came to be married?" that you betrayed me and I took advantage of meeting you again to take a convenient wife?

She shook her head miserably. An ache formed in her throat as he put two hands on her arms and pulled her close again.

She hated herself for reacting, even now. Her head felt heavy as she looked up.

He brushed the back of his hand across her cheek. ‘We do have a real marriage, Cassia. As real as it can be in this day and age. We have great sex—’

His words tore at her. "Yes, but that’s all." If we didn’t, you would have divorced me as soon as you could after the wedding, and I wish you had, believe me.

Two bright spots had appeared on her cheeks, and Calix could feel her chest heaving against his.

Cassia couldn’t tear her gaze away from his. The room had disappeared, they could have been anywhere. Heat coiled in her belly like a live wire, her breasts tingled and pushed against the fabric of her dress. Cali