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“Amelia is gone.”
A deep crease formed between the man’s brows.
“Even if you send someone, it will be too late. She’s likely boarded a ship by now. Even if Your Grace controls every port in the country, there’s no way to stop a ship that has already sailed.”
She had rehearsed this moment many times, rough run-throughs over and over.
No matter how capable he was, there would be no way to stop a ship that had already departed.
The cold-eyed man, whose expression barely shifted even at the news of his runaway bride, slowly peeled off his white banquet gloves and came to a stop before Liz.
“You must be Miss Liz Clairemont.”
Liz’s eyelids lifted in surprise.
She had never once imagined that Duke Ashworth would know her name.
“The wedding saboteur. Or should I call you a brazen intermediary who takes pleasure in helping brides flee.”
The ‘Golden Lion’ of Walter Street.
At just twenty-seven, he was the supreme head of Eisenhart Bank, the institution that ruled the economy of the central capital. Duke Johann von Ashworth.
A man of such magnitude that rumors circulated about how even a royal decree could lose its force before him, and yet here he was, eyeing Liz, a baron’s daughter from a family without even a claim to a title, with a look of puzzled scrutiny.
“No choice then. Dress her.”
A chamberlain stepped forward and pulled back a cloth draped over one side of the mirror, revealing a snow-white wedding dress.
The man, thorough in all his preparations, crooked his index finger once more. Maids who had appeared out of nowhere surrounded Liz and immediately laid hands on her clothes.
“Eek! What do you think you’re doing!”
“You helped the bride escape, so you should have been prepared to take her place.”
“……!”
The breath left Liz’s lungs as she grasped the implication behind the words of this meticulous, iron-willed man.
“From now on, as my wife, I look forward to your service, Duchess Liz Ashworth.”
The most distinguished man in Bellum pulled his smooth lips into a smile.
For the first time in her life, Liz had fallen into a trap set by a man who had far exceeded her every expectation.
Male Lead: Johann von Ashworth — Head of the Ashworth Ducal House. Known as the Golden Lion of Walter Street and the top executive of Eisenhardt Bank, he is a man who has achieved success in every venture he has touched. A sharp, meticulous financial expert and high-ranking noble, yet when it comes to love, he is so deeply captivated by one woman that he would stake everything he has ever built.
Female Lead: Liz Clairmont — Bellum’s notorious wedding saboteur. The eldest daughter of a baronial family branded with the shameful title of “brazen matchbreaker.” Having earned the resentment of numerous noble houses through a series of accidental interventions, her own marriage prospects have all but dried up — yet somehow, instead of the bride she last helped escape, she ends up becoming the wife of the man hailed as Bellum’s most eligible bachelor.
Recommended When: You want to watch a meticulously calculated contract marriage transform into something that feels like absolute destiny.
Signature Quote: “Don’t even think about running from me, Liz.”
