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But because she was trying to understand what she had agreed to.
There were no servants rushing around.
No overwhelming display of wealth.
No cold formality.
Instead, there was simplicity.
Fresh bread. Fruit. Coffee.
A quiet morning that felt almost too normal for the scale of the decision they had made.
“You seem disappointed,” Kareem said at one point.
Lina looked up sharply.
“I didn’t say that.”
“You didn’t have to,” he replied gently.
That honesty again.
It kept stripping away the assumptions she had brought with her.
Finally, she asked, “What changes now?”
Kareem set down his cup.
“Nothing immediate,” he said. “Not unless you want it to.”
“That’s not how people usually do this,” she said.
“What is ‘this’?” he asked.
The question made her pause.
Marriage.
Wealth.
Expectation.