No Divorce? The Billionaire's Love Chase! novel Chapter 204

He believed that a marriage was something you had to manage.

His father and mother had a business alliance. They had walked this path together without any emotional foundation.

If his father could do it, so could he.

Even if Claudia hated him, it would only be temporary.

"Sir, dinner is ready. If there's nothing else, I'll be heading back to Ferguson Manor now."

Wilma's voice pulled York from his thoughts.

He stubbed out his cigarette and went into the bedroom.

He walked to the bedside and gently turned Claudia's body to face him. "Get up and eat dinner before you sleep."

Claudia pushed him away, resisting.

York's complex gaze fixed on her reaction. "Claudia, do you need me to repeat the terms of our prenuptial agreement to you again?"

Claudia silently sat up. York bent down to help her off the bed. "Can you walk?"

Before she could answer, he simply lifted her into his arms.

After making sure she finished dinner, York carried her to the bathroom to wash up, and finally, carried her back to bed.

Claudia complied with everything like a soulless puppet.

She knew he was taking care of her like this only so she would recover quickly enough to accompany him to the Grandeur Group's annual gala tomorrow night.

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The next evening, Claudia changed into a relatively conservative, elegant gown with an Eastern-inspired cut and sat at the vanity.

York took out a jade and diamond necklace and personally fastened it around her neck.

Looking at Claudia's near-perfect features in the mirror, an unreadable emotion flickered in York's dark eyes.

It was the first time he had seen her wear this style of gown. It was stunning.

Claudia sat quietly at the vanity, letting him place the expensive necklace on her.

She knew, with painful clarity, that nothing from him was free. Each gesture came attached to an unspoken balance sheet—a ledger only she was expected to settle. He was a merchant of favors, and he always turned a profit.

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