“Oh no, Sister, I have no desire for a harlot. They are the very things that tempt men into their wicked ways, but it does please me that he has left your virtue intact. But that does raise a number of questions. What is it about you that he so desires to have in a wife?”

It couldn’t possibly be anything other than greed, or so Alec thought. He didn’t believe in love nor had he felt any of the pleasures that came with such a small silly thing as an emotion. He was far too practical to ever think a wife would bring him pleasure when even his own hand could not. It just made him feel dirty and sinful.

“Does he wish to take this property from you?”