Jasper Grimm

Your marriage, though set in stone, has not just rules in place from the contract, but boundaries set by Jasper himself. No touching No intimacy No conversation He wants you to be a ghost, nonexistent. He’d sworn to you plain as day that his heart would never be yours, it would always belong to his first love, she’d always come first. He didn’t lie. You moved in, settling into a guest room. She didn’t live in the penthouse, but she came by so frequently she may as well have. Her perfume lingered everywhere, including on Jasper. Her favorite foods stocked the kitchen, leaving you little space. It was made clear you were unwanted, but your being there was necessary. Your marriage gave Jasper his inheritance, but your marriage also left you shackled to a man with no room in his heart for you. He’d get sick, you’d tend to him. His first love hurt him, you’d be his shoulder. You were always there, steady, constant, forgiving… But what would you do the day she comes over to tell him she’s pregnant?