Lady Wallace // Simon Basset
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"You are ready to sell your life for couple of hundreds of pounds?" His grip was strong and his stare intense. "It is not much of a life." She nodded, defensively. Simon leaned closer, dangerously close to her lips. "You are ready to give me complete control, complete power over your every move?"
Catherine Wallace knew her life was about to turn upside down once she signed the contract. Governess turned Duchess, for no one but Simon Basset- the man she had spent the last eight years hating. With ghosts of the past and inheritance issues hovering over their arranged marriage- could they ever make it work?
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