The Forbidden )Des?]i-re

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Thirty‑two‑y= ear ‑old^
=[;Alice has a mid

?;dle(^‑class? ma+rriage that $o.thers envy\,%. Her hus;)b_, # and Richard is a s!@/enior ban
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k @exe]:cutiv,e who prov!ides abundant) material ^?comforts, ye)+t the- ir)( marr=i:age i
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la@!`gued by Richard’s phy`sical i.+!ssues, their relat-:--ionship is little mor `e than %a hollow %forma]@lit(y, l[ea#ving Alice trapped ins(%)id /)e a gilded cage.
Richard’!@)s youn,ger brothe#r]_ Noah comes t #?o %(spend t:h^@e su#mmer, )_an:d the/ *ir old roma!,%nce re;?,surf/@_ace!@,s. They (.^had been lo-$+=ve;rs before A_:lice’s m \arr!i#@,age ?. B ack then, Alic-=e’(
s #( father *]fell seriousl y ill. Ri cha,%^rd forced Alice into marriage by offerin-g to cov=er .her  % father’s!! medica/?l expenses, and the two were torn a part.