Alexander
My eyes followed Victoria as she wandered through the duchy’s garden just outside my office. Careful not to be seen, I leaned against the glass door and watched her from a distance.
Her hair danced with the wind, framing her face as a soft smile graced her lips.
The red dress clung and swayed with each breeze, shaping her figure. I caught myself smiling without meaning to.
Somehow, Victoria had managed to captivate me. To invade my thoughts. I should resist this—resent it, even, but I don’t. Instead, I find myself drawn to her, unsettled by how easily she gets under my skin.
This marriage of convenience intrigues me more than I’d like to admit. It feels as though she’s hiding something, a secret I want, no, need to uncover.
Forbidden knowledge, just out of reach.
As I co
