Of course, Eve had done that to make him feel guilty, and it worked. Later, she found a way to get close to his daughter, and eventually, they became close.
That's how he ended up offering her marriage.
Eve had felt giddy with happiness back then, thinking that her time to finally enjoy what she been desperate of had come. But unexpectedly, he never touched her. During their years of marriage, no matter how much she tried to entice him, he was never moved. At first, it was exciting to challenge whether he would fall for her or not, but to her surprise, he never did!
Her love turned into nothing but resentment—she really hated him!
He never treated her with the passion he had shown his late wife, which frustrated Eve to no end. Even though he had stated in the contract that there would never be anything intimate between them, it still hurt.
