Dreamreader: Contract Marriage
“Is this a proposal?”
It had been a year since Amery “Amy” Dahla broke up with her ex-boyfriend after safely seeing him to a police asylum. Nine months since she graduated from college only to work in her best friend’s ice-cream store. Three hours since she was finally hired as a part-time research assistant in the Dream’s Lab. And about three minutes since she remembered the name of the other, vaguely-familiar research assistant who was now asking her to marry him.
“Without the emotional valence, I think it is better termed a contract,” Jeriah replied. He watched her for a sign of response.i
“A life-long contract.” Amy made herself keep her gaze level. What kind of person offered to bind themselves to someone they barely knew?
But there were other thoughts on her mind as well. After a long silence, Amy held her hand out to shake his. “Let’s talk.”
If he was crazy for proposing, she was insane for accepting. Well, that was fine. She wasn’t looking for love anymore.
Notes:
This is technically a sequel to an unfinished story (lol). Hopefully though, everything is readable without the context of the original story. :) Looking forward to posting and I hope it's enjoyable.
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