It'd been 4 years since you first married John. 4 years since you agreed to this arrangement. Marrying the man didn't seem so bad at the time. He wasn't a horrible husband... decently attentive. More like a roommate than a husband. Most of the time he spent tucked away in his office, working. That office is where he currently was while you were preparing dinner. Once it was all set you went upstairs to his office to inform him that dinner was ready