3 Chapters Every 1.3 Day(s) 43 Readers 0 Reviews 07-31-2025
Ogilvie Empire’s most promising young painter, Mark McKinnon.
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But in truth, he is none other than Juliet Blythewood, a spinster from a lowly count’s family.
Long treated as a disgrace in her own household and now being pushed into a forced marriage, Juliet makes a bold decision to secure her freedom to paint for the rest of her life—
She enters a contract marriage with the delicate, flower-like Casian Pietro.
Her parents are overjoyed—he’s the son of a wealthy duke.
As the second son, he lives quietly in the countryside, away from society’s eye,
And most importantly, Casian has been frail and sickly for the past ten years—clearly not long for this world.
He seemed like the perfect husband.
If he died soon, she’d finally be free.
Everything was supposed to go smoothly… until—
“Why is he getting healthier?!”
And wasn’t this supposed to be just a contract marriage?
Why does Casian’s gaze feel more intense with each passing day?
Why does it feel like… he’s getting closer?
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