She couldn't understand why she was the one lowering herself when she had done nothing wrong. Mia couldn't help but wonder if just a contractual marriage was enough to make her change herself? Like, who gave Lucas the right to tell her what she could or couldn't do?
He didn't like her in that way. This was something that Mia knew. He would never like her; at most, he would use her until he got what he wanted and then divorce her. Their marriage was merely a business transaction that played in both of their favour.
Mia refused to read more into his actions, which might not even mean what she thought they meant. As far as she knew, Mia was never going to make a man the sole object of her happiness. The last time she had done it, she had lost more than she had gained. Since that was the case, she might as well keep her distance from Lucas and his caveman behaviour.
'I don't know anything about him.'
'I can't waver.'
She told herself these two things again and again
