Theron pulled Malaya along to the Nightingale Pagoda, and soon they had entered the fourth floor and began to work their way up to the sixth. Normally, Malaya wouldn't be allowed up here, but there were obviously some exceptions for plus ones.
At first, Malaya was a bit confused about why Theron was doing this. But then it settled in.
If Theron married her, and then just ignored her, it probably wouldn't work well for his plans… whatever those were.
Honestly, she still wasn't sure about what Theron was doing, but she had her own guesses. Maybe it was because she was so ignorant of it all that Theron had told her as much as he did.
Malaya was overthinking it, though.
To Theron, it didn't matter whether she told others of what happened that night or not. In fact, if she told people that they hadn't consummated their marriage, Dean Thistle would only be more convinced that he was in love with her.
