“You ruined my lifelong wish.”
Overnight, Eri Earnest—once a lovely but poor country girl—became the heiress to a count’s family.
When the naval hero Lorantz Bringer returned home, he was looking for a bride just to keep his title.
Both of their fates were unexpectedly twisted by their worst first encounter, which made them want each other in the most inappropriate ways.
“This is the first time I’ve ever said something so pathetic.”
“My lord, I—”
“I love you.”
Lorantz spoke with a tormented expression, his face twisted in pain.
Yet after wiping his face with trembling hands, he looked as if he might break down in tears at any moment.
“Miss Eri Ernest, I love you.”
Like a last, desperate cry, the man’s clumsy confession reverberated throughout the chapel, striking Eri’s heart.
“Will you marry me?”
