Angelica kept her gaze steady. She did not want to back down after asking such a direct question. It was not that she was excited or longing for them to do the deed, but she could not understand his lack of interest in it.
That was the first thing they were supposed to do on their wedding night. As things stood now, she was not truly his wife, no, not until they had been together, which meant that if anything rose up, they could be separated and their marriage annulled.
That was the last thing she wanted to happen. Her marriage to him being annulled would be the worst stigma of shame in the entire kingdom.
Ian snapped out of his disbelieving stupour and chuckled. He would not lie, he never thought he would hear those words from her mouth.
"Let me make it clear now, I am not unable to perform, as I said earlier, I am tired, and I am sure that you are tired as well. Such a thing as consummation should be done while we are both relaxed and at peace," he said.
