Margot POV
Rhett gave me a surprised glance.
If my face hadn’t been so calm, he might have taken my question as a challenge.
“Everyone believed she’d actually been marked by Arian. My family and I couldn’t accept that.”
“But you know now it was only a temporary mark. And they didn’t get married.”
“There was no reason to.” He sounded completely certain.
“I’ve already gotten what I wanted.”
“The business deal is only part of it.” I steadied myself before continuing. “You didn’t… you didn’t like her? You wanted to marry her?”
Rhett smiled. “Finding someone suitable to marry isn’t difficult.”
I stared at him, at the confidence in his voice, and felt a chill run through me.
To people like him, marriage wasn’t about love. It was a calculation. A deal.
Something with terms and benef
