All We Shouldn't Have
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They told him to marry a queen. He chose to burn a kingdom for a girl who had nothing.
Prince Alfred of Verdalia has everything: wealth, power, and a crown waiting to be claimed. But he craves the one thing he was never allowed to touch: me.
I am Maria Daniella Rodriguez. I am stubborn, reckless, and entirely ordinary. I am the girl he kissed once in Madrid, and the girl he found again when the world told him to forget.
Our love is treason. Every stolen touch is a scandal that could topple a throne. We are trapped in a game where duty is the heaviest burden, and hearts are the first thing to be sacrificed.
In a world where crowns are heavier than hearts, we are forced to choose:
The love that could destroy us, or the throne that was never ours to begin with.
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