Chapter 14. The Shocking Truth

“We both grew immensely frustrated with the notion of being non-voluntarily coerced into this arranged marriage. Back then, I had you, and she had someone else in her life. It was rattling and arduous for us to be forced to leave our partners behind. However, there was absolutely nothing we could have done to avert our set-in-stone fate. So we got married and moved in as husband and wife after taking all the necessary steps.” He sneers bitterly at that and bitterly smirks as his visage conforms to ice, as he adds. “We began our hell marriage full of rancor and resentment towards each other and everything in general. We blasted each other over and over for not doing enough to stop this fucking marriage.” He stops.

His anger is rising up. The bitterness is escalating. So, they tried?

“So, you both tried to prevent this?” My curiosity speaks for me.

“Yes, and I believe we both gave it our all. But all our exertions hit a hard rock. Our business was going through a roug