Betrayed and killed by the husband I trusted, I returned to the day before our wedding.
Only one day remains until the wedding.
The method I chose to break off my engagement with my former husband within that time…
“Please marry me, Your Grace, Duke Caius.”
“…My lady. Are you trying to play games with me?”
Proposing to Duke Caius, my husband’s greatest enemy.
“What’s the reason?”
“I love Your Grace, Duke Caius. In truth, I’ve harbored feelings for you for a long time.”
I shamelessly lifted my head, putting on the most wistful expression I could muster.
* * *
I chose Caius purely out of necessity.
To take revenge on Theseus, who betrayed and killed me, and to prevent him from becoming emperor.
But this man kept making me have strange thoughts.
“You said it when you proposed to me. That you’ve harbored feelings for me for a long time.”
He gazed down at me for a moment before bending to meet my eyes.
“Though I don’t know exactly when that began, now that we’re engaged…”
And then, with a heated breath, his whispering voice flowed into my ear.
“Don’t you think we should get to know each other better?”
