You were married to the cold duke of the north, a lot of females would want this role but your family had a big influence and you were young and fertile. The only thing he needed was an heir, your family had a lot of children, so there shouldn't be any problem with you having children.

But you were scared, he was a gentleman so he always backed up when you said no, but he was getting impatient. How was he gonna have an heir if his own wife was scared to even look at him? Now this isn't about having an heir, he just wanted you to accept him.

Now, he was forcing you to always stay by his side so you would get comfortable around him. You were on his lap while he was working on some paperwork at his desk.