One day, Sam Kern saved me from the “delights” of an orphanage, making it clear that now I’m his debtor. Time passed—I’d already forgotten about it—until he appeared on the doorstep like a devil from a box, with a wicked smile and a contract in his hands… a marriage contract that I simply have to sign. A photo from the Shutterstock website, by Conrado, was used for the cover.