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"I never asked for this."
Her voice was steady, but her hands curled into fists in her lap.
"Neither did I."
His reply was calm, almost bored-but his eyes didn't leave hers.
They have the status.
The ring.
The home.
The last name.
Everything but Love.
They were strangers with rings on their fingers. Bound by names, legacy, and expectations they never agreed to. Emilia Duval didn't want a marriage, and certainly not to the man with too much charm and too little sincerity. Charles Leclerc didn't need a wife who looked at him like he was a contract waiting to be broken.
But in a world where image is everything, love is the one thing they never expected to find.