GDC 87

Chapter 87 – A Wrong Meeting

‘What can I even do?’ Loic’s shoulders slumped.

Even if he admitted his feelings, what could someone like him do? He wasn’t a proper husband, nor could he ever be a proper father. He was only living like a half-decent person because Annette stayed by his side. Once she left, he would fall apart again.

Their marriage was only a one-year contract. Already five months had passed.

Time was unfair—without her, it used to crawl unbearably slow, but now, with her near, it rushed forward too fast to grasp.

Loic thought carefully. He knew Annette had married him to escape her family. But she never explained why she had chosen one year as the contract length.

If they divorced, she would have to return to the Frais family.

“Actually, I chose one year for your sake as well, my lord.”

Did that mean—if he…