“Place your seal here, Lady Grint.” “No!” “Don’t make this difficult. Just do it.” “I said no! Why should I marry you?” “Then who would you marry, milady?” From a distance close enough to feel each other’s breath, Therius Hurt slowly lifted his index finger and gently traced circles over my flat belly. A strange, unexplainable feeling made my body tense up. “There’s my child in here. Who else do you think you’re going to marry?” After being harshly rejected by the man I’d secretly loved for 10 years… In a moment of emotional recklessness, I ended up… with his superior. I mean, I did the deed! That much was fine, but… what did you just say!?