A contract? Goodness, that doesn't sound all that romantic a thing, does it. [ It sounds kind of creepy, actually. ] Why on Earth would a contract need to be involved in the first place?

[ She pauses to think a moment, picking back over all the books she's read over the years, in an attempt to answer her own question. Romance and weird contracts....Gasp! ] Are they trying to swindle someone out of their valuables?!