Like There's No Other

Prologue

The Duke of Ashton was a true gentleman. But right now, he didn't have any idea whether he was about to kiss or kill the lady in front of him. His head screamed about his duty towards the duchy and towards his sire, but what his heart was screaming was another matter altogether.

His reveries were broken when her mother's sneer reached his ears. Without thinking, he blurted out the most absurd of notions that he was definitely going to regret later. "Mother, I was about to make a marriage proposal to the lady... Perhaps her words hold some connection to that very fact....? " he finished lamely. Now the whole room was staring at him. A while passed when the murmuring started. Ash looked into the eyes of the said lady and saw blue fire. At that moment, he could only think of one thing... He might not regret this as much if she accepted.

Now will she?