The Duke Married Evelyn to End an Old Land Dispute and Ignored His Quiet Bride for a Month—Then His Friends Dared Him to Dance With Her as a Joke, and the Entire Ballroom Fell Silent When She Took His Hand… Because the Woman He Had Dismissed as Timid Moved Like Someone Trained for Royalty, Leaving the Duke to Realize He Had Married a Stranger He Had Never Truly Seen.
PART 1 The carriage wheels stopped, and Evelyn Ashworth felt her heart stop with them. She had been married for exactly six hours. She had not spoken more than ten words to her husband. The Duke of Thornwood sat across from her in the carriage, staring out the window as if she did not exist….