She was patient and restrained; he was cunning and calculating. After a scheme brought them together, the two ended up married in a daze.
After the wedding, he was cold and harsh: “Don’t dream of getting what you don’t deserve. I’m far beyond your reach!”
She took it in stride, shining in her own way. Then one day, he shamelessly sidled into her room.
“Wife, we have a marriage certificate, after all!”
She snorted. “Don’t dream of getting what you don’t deserve. I’m out of your league!”
So the next day, the jealous man proposed to her in front of the entire world, cornering her against a wall. “If you won’t accept it, I’ll just have to do it again!”