There is no contract clause for this.
No rule to protect them from what they've started.
When they come together again, it's not tentative. It's certain. Intentional. A choice made with open eyes.
Afterward, he presses his forehead to hers.
"We can't undo this," he says.
She meets his gaze, steady and unafraid.
"Then don't."
The contract may have started their marriage.
But this—this is something else entirely.