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"I'm glad."

"But I am feeling a bit unsteady. It can't be so easy as that. I'm sure if it was so simple than getting them would be something that everybody did. I'm sure that it must have some strict guidelines so as to prevent couples from abusing it just because it looks better."

Ellie nodded slowly as she digested Henry's question. "You are exactly right. It's not easy at all. A marriage can only be set aside because of certain reason. I'm sure the easy answers come to mind--being too young, fraud, not knowing you were getting married, not knowing your partner is already married. I think what could work for us is an arranged marriage."

Henry looked at her with shock as a beat passed as her true meaning sunk in. He looked at her with a sadness before his face changed to strain. "Are you meaning to say that you only did this because Deul told you it had been arranged by our pre-arranged? I didn't . . . I wasn't aware--"

"Henry, you can stop looking like you just swallowed a spider. I know that Deul's intentions were nothing of the sort. He just was looking after me and you. However, I do think given how your father passed away with such an absurd will for us to to say that it was a verbal will is not unbelievable. I think that we can say that he said once he found out about my hospital condition for us to get married. I'm sure if he was sure that I was there and seen me, he would have said so." 

Henry shook his head vehemently. "There were a lot of people around when my father passed away, us proving that such a will existed would be impossible."

"No, is that too silly? An alternative is that we could also say that because of my extensive injuries I am unable to consent properly and we decided to amnicably separate via annullment. I'm sure we can get some doctors to say something to that affect that I wasn't in the right state of mind to consent to a wedding and it should work out to convince a judge in a court of law."Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please clickfor visiting.

Henry scratched his nose as he took a long sip of the tea. He adjusted his collar and then realized the situation had become quite awkward. Henry knew that women hated to be called crazy and to be willing to have a psychiatrist say something to this extent in court could be damaging in other legal aspects. To volunteer such a vulnerability was incredibly strange for a woman to do. Ellie could as a by result end up with some due testing at a mental hospital. "I don't really think that is . . . if it were me I wouldn't do that. There has to be a better alternative to such an extreme measure. But if it has to come down to it, why would you make a claim of lunacy in court?"

"I mean you're right, it is dangerous to say this kind of thing, but I don't have anything else. I mean we could say that I couldn't have children or something."

Henry pointed at her with a smile. "That is brilliant."