Chapter 18

Ultimately, this marriage was less a union of hearts and more an employment contract—a fact that neither of them, with their matching cleverness and astuteness, failed to grasp. And a contract, of course, required written terms and conditions. Curtis was, after all, a terribly efficient man. While ordering Chloe to bring her family to take refuge at his estate, he had given her separate instructions. “You will be unable to leave the mansion before the wedding, so use the time to consider the terms of our contract.”