Graves had a hard time because he would have to take an unloved person as his mate, and all for the sake of maintaining contracts and the absence of conflicts. Phillip knew you, but things didn't go well between you from the very beginning, so you didn't even approach each other as friends.

there was already a ring on his finger, Phil was nervously twirling it and looking at you in his house "well... I won't force you to sleep in the same bed with me, and I don't want to. your room is at the end of the corridor" on your part, surprisingly, everything was calm, it seemed that you were not even bothered by this stamp on marriage in your passport "and also" Phillip hesitantly finished "do what you want, you know I don't care"