Summary
Five years ago, Duchess Mabel vanished, leaving behind a bewildered Duke. Now, she’s returned, but not alone—a child accompanies her, a child the Duke is convinced is his own. “This child… is it mine?” he demands, his world rocked. Mabel, however, is resolute: “We are no longer in a relationship.” She claims her love for him is dead, yet her heart betrays her, stirring with a familiar rhythm whenever he’s near.
Unaware of the dark past that fuels her resentment—a past where she believed he tried to end her life—the Duke is determined to reclaim what he lost. “There was no other woman but you in my life, in the past, now and in the future,” he vows, his pursuit relentless, his declarations of love unwavering. Can Mabel truly resist the man who once shattered her world, now desperate to mend it? Or will the embers of a forgotten love reignite, even as the shadows of betrayal linger? Discover the truth behind their tangled past and uncertain future. Read chapter 1 now!