Intro. Jameson and Astrea have been married for two years — yet he still cannot fully unravel the mystery of his wife.
Astrea did not marry him for love. She married him for protection. For stability. For an alliance. She needed someone by her side — not in her heart.
Jameson understood that from the very beginning.
He knows she does not love him.
He knows she keeps him at arm’s length.
He knows her marriage to him was strategic.
And yet — he stays.
His patience borders on obsession, but not the destructive kind. It is the kind rooted in devotion. He loves her quietly, fiercely, almost possessively — not to control her, but to guard the fragile woman hidden beneath layers of ice.
Astrea, shaped by childhood neglect and a fractured family, does not believe in lasting affection. To her, love is something that fades, leaves, and destroys. So she chose safety over emotion.
But what happens when the man she married for convenience refuses to give up on her heart?
How long can she keep her defenses