Fake Wife

I bought a wife. A fake wife.

Ribeta, a slave on the verge of being sold off after falling out of favor with her master.

Before her suddenly appears Diego Ruperto, the Empire’s most successful businessman.

Diego demands that Ribeta become his fake wife, replacing his vanished fiancée.

In exchange for the contract marriage, he offers her the price of her freedom and……

“I want freedom.”

Freedom.

But Ribeta ends up loving Diego even though she knows she shouldn’t.

Diego, however, only thinks of selfishly using her feelings.

Hurt by his selfish attitude, Ribeta runs away in search of the freedom she so desperately wanted…….

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“Even once, even for a moment, have you ever had me in your heart?”

Silence descended. The air around them that had been heated just moments ago cooled sharply, piercing her skin.

In the heavy, cold stillness, Diego caressed her ear.

“Is love necessary for this act?”

“……”

“If so, then yes. I love you.”