mousey1 's review for:

The Devious Husband by Catharina Maura

4.0

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Xavier has been in love with her for years. They’ve had this rivalry that’s really only been from Sienna’s side, and he essentially lets her do whatever she wants in the name of revenge - it’s actually really sweet how he went about it all. He orchestrates their arranged marriage (even though Grandma had it all planned out, anyway), they get married, she hates it for about 2 seconds until she realises that she has feelings for him, too. They’re in a good place in their new relationship when his insecurities cause him to retreat, she does everything she can to bridge the space for a few months before she resigns herself to the idea that maybe he doesn’t want her anymore (not true, but he’s a stupid boy that cannot regulate his feelings). Then her beloved grandmother dies (the only parental figure in her life as both parents died when she was very young). She clams up in every sense of the word, he realises what a massive idiot he’s been when she gives up on trying to keep the magic alive and leaves him. His family love her to bits (she found the family she always wanted) take her side in all of this snd support her in every way.
He finally grovels enough that she stops asking him for a divorce and they get back together.