"It's like when a gay man marries a woman to hide the fact that he's gay. It can be that both are gay, bi, or whatever, but the whole point is to marry and act like a hetero couple for the sake of appearances." Mason explained it with the air of a seasoned pro, while Sophie just sipped on her iced coffee once more, the straw making a sharp, rattling sound against the ice while she stared at me hard.
"You might be next on his list," she finally said. Her voice was so cold it sent a shiver down my spine. "What if now that you've helped him act like his partner, without questioning anything, he asks you to take it even further and marry him for real? He's looking for a wife, isn't he?"
"He wouldn't do that." I replied as composed as I could, though my heart gave a frantic little thud against my ribs.
