Book 2: Chapter 30

Sophie's gaze locked onto his, her eyes sparkling with a calculating intensity. "When are you going to proceed with our agreement, Ares?" she asked, her voice husky. "You know, the contract marriage? We had an agreement but you keep pushing it off."

Ares felt a jolt of annoyance, his mind racing to process the sudden change in topic. It was true that they had an agreement, one he had agreed to at that moment when his thoughts were clouded by his desire for power and control. 

Sophie had approached him at a club, her beauty and charm impossible to ignore. She had proposed a contract marriage, one that would benefit both of them. She would turn a blind eye to whatever he wished to do with other women, in exchange Ares would gain a loyal wife and an heir, while Sophie would gain the status and security she so desperately craved.

At the time, Ares had agreed, seeing it as a practical solution to his problems. He didn't believe in love or romance, and the idea of a