A Contract Marriage After a ONS novel Chapter 38

Hearing her reply, he clenched his fists, and his breathing quickened as his spilled out his rage. With reddened eyes, he asked, "Why did you sleep with him?"

Her cheeks heated up from his question, "It was a mistake. Both of us drank at the wedding party, and h e accidentally stumbled into my room. We were both drunk," she explained.

As it was getting later, it had gotten colder. Despite being out in the cold air for a short while, her cheeks had gotten rosy, and she almost couldn’t feel her hands. Attempting to warm them up, she rubbed them together.

Noticing her do so, he took off his gloves. He carefully put them on for her after pulling her hands over to him, bottling up his pain and despair all the while.

Surprised, she wanted to pull away but they wouldn't budge as his grip was tight.

In the dark stood Mark, leaning against the bark of the tree. As he watched their interaction, his bottomless looking eyes darkened further.

It didn't help that he could hear every word of their conversation clearly.

Looking at their seemingly intertwined hands, he

scoffed sarcastically.

Summer realised that the gloves he put on were the ones she knitted for him, 'He's been using it all this while.’

As she had started to come to realization, she could feel something blossoming in her chest.

Still holding onto her hands, Jazz asked, "Was it my brother who proposed?’’

"Yes."

"Did he say why he wanted to marry you?"

"No, he didn't nor did I ask," she answered as she felt the increasing warmth from his palms despite wearing so little in the cold.

Finally, he let go of her hands and looked in her eyes," Why did you agree then?"

"That's because I wanted the baby to have a complete family, to grow with both of his or her parents."

She was a bit frightened from how intensely he stared at her.

"You don’t love him, do you?" his stressed face softened, and he looked relieved as he continued to ask.