Six years ago, a s*ave who had disappeared suddenly returned—as a duke. And not just any duke, but the commander of the White Lion Knights, trusted implicitly by the king himself.

“Excuse me, Duke!”

Overjoyed to see the grown-up version of the man she thought long dead, she ran to him without hesitation…

“I think you’ve got the wrong person.”

“Is my face really so common? That you could mistake me for someone else so easily?”

She had saved his life, even given him a name with her own hands—and this is how he treats her?

Well then, there’s no helping it.

Kyla Bailey, notorious troublemaker of high society, decided she’d make him pay by seizing his weakness.

With a proposal.

“Will you marry me?”

***

But the man, full of secrets, kept avoiding her again and again.

Just when she began to wonder if it was time to give up… his attitude suddenly changed.

“Kyla Bailey.”

The once-cold eyes were now tinged with tenderness, and the fingers that reached for her were laced with longing.

But that wasn’t all…

Eyes glazed with desire.

The strange look in his slightly unhinged gaze gave her chills. His eyes, barely masking savagery beneath a façade of affection, seemed to whisper that he would be the one to do something wrong next.

“You said it yourself. You can’t take revenge if you get an apology.”

A low voice whispered near her ear, sending a tickling shiver down her neck. Kyla twisted her shoulders in discomfort.

“Why… are you doing this?”

She broke free of his arms and slowly stepped back—only to bump into a tall tree behind her. He approached with unhurried steps.

“Just like you did things your way, I’ll do things my way.”

Then, with practiced ease, his hand gently stroked her shoulder.

If this was the price of her impulsive confession and reckless kiss, then this was an obsession more intense than everything she had done combined.

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