After Rebirth, I Accept The Arranged Marriage Novel

Rebirth grants Jessie Sterling escape from her past—one where Julian Grant abandoned her on her birthday, shattering every promise he made. This time, she chooses differently. Instead of pursuing love, Jessie accepts a marriage of convenience with Victor Morgan, heir to an old-money dynasty in Aethelburg, a union her family endorses. Two incompatible personalities bound by practicality, destined to coexist with polite distance and mutual respect.

That's what society predicted. That's what they both expected.

Then friends arrive late one evening at the Four Joys Courtyard, and everything unravels. Behind the sprawling floor-to-ceiling windows, witnesses encounter the impossible: the man who commands the business world on his knees, cat-eye nail polish in hand, painting Jessie Sterling's raised foot with meticulous care and devotion.

"Will this do?" he asks earnestly.

Jessie Sterling gazes down with the poise of a spirited peacock, chin tilted upward. "Adequate. Though another coat might enhance it further?"

Victor Morgan fights to suppress his laughter at her unrelenting expectations. He carefully sets her leg down and moves closer, bracing his hands beside her as his eyes grow dark and intense. "Mrs. Morgan," he says softly, "that's enough."

She barely processes his words before his lips claim hers—a kiss that redefines the entire evening.

The group frozen at the courtyard entrance watches their assumptions crumble. Polite respect? They weren't even remotely close.