The Contract or the Relationship

By Miriam Dixon

The Contract or the Relationship

Some agreements protect us. Others imprison us.

When Theodore Bakare asks Kemi to marry him, she agrees-but only on her own terms.

Love will be optional.

Financial fidelity will be absolute.

Emotional distance will be carefully maintained.

For Kemi, marriage is not an act of faith but an exercise in risk management. Having survived a childhood where security could disappear without warning, she trusts contracts more than promises and stability more than affection.

Theodore accepts the arrangement, convinced that patience can succeed where persuasion cannot. Yet as the years pass, he discovers that the greatest barrier between them is not the agreement they signed, but the quiet conviction that has shaped Kemi's life since childhood: that love must be earned, usefulness is the price of belonging, and dependence is the greatest danger of all.

As the carefully constructed rules of their marriage begin to unravel, both must confront a question neither expected to ask:

Can a relationship built on perfect security ever become a home for imperfect love?

Sometimes the hardest contract to break is the one we make with ourselves.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GCD8CT8K
• ISBN13: 9798241086167
• Release Date: December 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 82 Pages
• Weight: 0.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"