A Man Consumed by Beauty... more>>
Mikhail Ophilenz, the most powerful man in the kingdom, a collector obsessed with beautiful things.
And before him appears Oliver Enel—a boy who is not just beautiful but excessively so.
The boy’s beauty was as practical as it was captivating.
For instance, he could serve as a toy to distract the mad Princess Isabella, whose obsessive fixation on Mikhail had become a problem.
“Do whatever you must to imitate me in front of the princess. Her taste? It’s simple—she only wants me.”
But this plan hinged on one key condition: that Oliver was a real boy.
Mikhail brushed his now-roughened cheek with his hand.
Oliver’s clever little lie had managed to fool not only the royal family but Mikhail himself.
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“Repay me.”
The words came out sharp and venomous as Mikhail addressed the powerless woman, pinned beneath him and unable to even draw breath.
“And live. Stay by my side. Pay me back as long as you live.”
Her dazed blue eyes, wide with shock, reflected the maddened golden gaze of an angel who had fallen into obsession.
“I’m a man of greed. Live. Be a man by day and a woman by night. For the crime of deceiving me, you’ll pay—and I’ll ensure it, even if I have to kill you in the end.”
His eyes, feral and predatory, were utterly at odds with the refined image of the Duke of Ophilenz.
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