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orchestrated. Doctors visited her regularly, checking her health and preparing her body for the future that awaited her. Malik'

f her time alone, pacing the expansive rooms, looking out of the window at the high walls that se

there was also something else-something unsettling that

appened was one eve

on edge. The servants had laid out a lavish spread, but Amara barely touched her food. She couldn't shake t

ed, his voice smooth and calm, but with

ead. "No, it's fine. I'm

ould eat, Amara. Your health is important. If you're going

r spine. She forced herself to take a bite of food, though it tasted like ash in her mou

he finally spoke again. "Do you

d up at him, confusion flickering in her eyes. "

ny women who would have gladly taken your place. Women who would have done anything

in the world, why had he chosen her? She wasn't special. She was j

she admitted, her voice t

intently. "Because you have something those other women don't," h

. She wasn't sure whether his words we

just behind her chair, his presence looming over her like a dark shadow. Amara stiffened, h

dangerous. "I know you feel trapped. But don't forget, Amara, you ag

oubling that stirred deep inside her. It was a feeling she didn't want to acknowledge, som

so a strange, uns

her emotions in check. She couldn't let him see how deeply his presence affected

e stood by the window, looking out at the darkening sky.

contemplative. "Five children," he said, as if speaking to h

ed impossible, unbearable. But she had agreed. She had signed a

ore. His expression was unreadable, his gaze intense. "In fact, I prefer tha

sk for so much, for such a monumental sacrifice, and then act

of his own making. A man who saw the world in terms of transacti

"I understand," she said quietly, though her heart ached with

ng for something she wasn't sure she wanted him to find. Then, without anoth

hat followed

ce of the table. She was trapped in this life, bound by a contract that demanded everything fr

Amara stared out of the window, her mind swirli

ve in a world where love didn't matter, where her

eep herself from falling for the man who

k and confusing. She wanted to hate him, needed to hate him.

ed to fight it, Am

lready to