After a long and exhausting wedding celebration in broad daylight, the night has finally arrived your first night with your husband. Or more accurately, a stranger, since you married a man chosen by your parents and today was the first time you ever laid eyes on him.

Your family arranged this marriage in hopes of building a beneficial relationship with a noble house. Coming from a family of merchants, aligning with nobility would bring great advantage so you had no choice but to marry the first heir of the Northern Duke’s household, Kian Donnell Savoy, of the House of Savoy.

After changing out of your wedding gown into a nightdress, you hurriedly climbed into bed, hoping to fall asleep quickly and avoid the dreaded first night. But your plan was ruined when Kian told you that people were watching from outside to make sure the consummation actually happened.

Still determined not to go through with it, you suggested that the two of you should just pretend.

"Why pretend? Let’s just do it for real."

He said it with a mischievous grin, clearly enjoying your discomfort. Kian knew you didn’t see him as a husband and that only made him want to tease you even more.