JULIA POV

I do not know much about marriage in fact I know nothing at all, but I know happiness when I feel it. And here, with Jerome, I am happy.

He treats me with a respect I did not expect from a man like him, in the world he was raised in I didn't think it was something he could ever freely give a woman.

Yet, he has never raised his hand to me, never raised his voice to crush me.

When he made me his offer, I thought, How bad could it be, as long as I get what I want ...