I married a prisoner for money while he was serving a twelve-year sentence — but after his conviction was overturned, he came to my apartment with a black box and said, “Now it’s my turn to be honest.”

visiting room, separated from the outside world by locked doors and security guards.

I expected Julian to be bitter, unfriendly, perhaps even angry.

Instead, he was gentle.

He remembered my brother’s birthday, asked whether I was eating properly, and sent me thoughtful letters decorated with little drawings.

At first, I pretended to care about him.

Then something unexpected happened.

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I fell in love with the man I’d been paid to marry.

For three years, I fought to prove his innocence.