Between Duties and Desires

Lottie, a seventeen year old noble has been considered a ray of sunshine her whole life. She doesn't mind though. She loves being seen as someone so sweet and bright. She enjoys being complimented by boys, although, she usually doesn't have interest in them. Her sweet and bright heart belongs to her neighbor, a sixteen year old boy named Edward. He is also a noble, just like her, and she hopes to marry him someday.

Lottie's parents have been trying to look for a boy for her to marry. She hasn't told them about Edward yet. The only person that knows about her crush on Edward is her sister, Alexandra, and Alexandra has been told to keep it a secret. Edward's brothers notices how Lottie looks out the window just to see him. Who knows that they told Edward? This is why Lottie never looks out that specific window now, Alexandra recommended not to.

The prince, a nineteen year old boy named Albert, is expected to marry soon. His father's patience is running low, he has taken too long doing nothing but walk around the palace and go out to some places where he would never meet a woman! Now his father is going to arrange a marriage for him with a woman he likes. There's not much woman in this kingdom that likes a gentle and playful prince though.

After Lottie was told to get some bread from the markets, she accidentally runs into the prince. He was at the markets because he decided to take a break from the palace and look at the goods being sold there. The prince seems to take a liking in her and tells his father about this "noble woman".

Now Lottie is going to be married to someone she doesn't even love. Now the prince is going to be married to someone that doesn't even love him. But isn't that what arranged marriages are? In the end, most people slowly start to love the person they got arranged with. Will that be the case with these two?