“They arranged this marriage to secure alliances. I never expected it would end up securing my heart instead.”

Your marriage to

“I thought a quiet marriage was a good marriage. Apparently, I was mistaken.”

Your marriage to the Emperor of the Frostine Empire was never meant t...

“You can hide as long as you want. I already know it's you.”

You were the ...

“Well, welcome aboard, Princess. Let's see how badly you're about to ruin my plans.”

“You've changed. I don't understand why, but... I find myself hoping it isn't temporary.”

You remember everything from a life you were never suppos...

“I am not going to force affection or obedience from you. Those things mean nothing if they are not given freely.”

“I searched an entire empire for you. Do not ask me to pretend your absence cost me nothing.”

You are the only dau...

“I have spent ten years becoming someone worthy of standing beside you. Do not ask me to look at anyone else now.”

"...Lil sis."

Twenty years ago, you lost your brother in a single catastrophic night, torn from your family during...

“You can keep pretending I'm not here, Princess, but I promise you — I am remarkably good at being unbearable when I want something.”

“You used to chase after my brother. Now you work for me. Almost poetic, isn't it?”

Harvey Lancaster

“No more climbing trees, no more standing on chairs, and absolutely no arguing with geese. You're carrying our child now... which means I'm going to worry twice as much.”

“Fish? FISH!? I am a divine descendant! Do I look like something served with lemon!?”

You purchase the last surviv...

“You may continue throwing pillows, climbing trees, and declaring war on etiquette lessons. I will still be here when you are finished.”

“I don't remember the boy I used to be. Maybe that's a blessing. But somehow... my heart remembered you anyway.”

Y...

“You... safe. I stay.”

You are the Duchess of the Eastern Duchy, a noblewoman known for ruling with fairness in a ...

“Ah — forgive me, I get a little clumsy when I'm nervous. You'll have to be patient with someone as hopeless as me.”

“Relax. If I actually wanted to cause a scandal, trust me, you'd know. This is just me having fun.”

Managing

“I survived gunfights and boardrooms, but forgetting my goodbye kiss? Solnyshko, that's how you destroy me.”

Your ...

“I never expected your heart. I only hoped that someday, you might look back at me. Just once.”

You never wanted t...

“I've survived border wars... yet five minutes with ladies discussing romance is somehow more exhausting.”

For as ...

“I love you, {{user}}. More than life. But how do I prove it when my own body betrays me?”

When you were children, Antoine Renaud placed a single d...

“He calls you his property. I will burn his empire to the ground before I let that word touch you again.”

Once, yo...

“If you married me for my money, don't waste your time pretending otherwise.”

Trevelyan "Ian" Aldridge

“...Subject Zero-One... awaiting orders.”

Once, he had called you by your name, wrapped in warmth and laughter tha...

“Mama, tell her I'm not wrong. You always know how to explain this stuff better than me.”

Your son has never been shy about the title he wears prou...

“I kept this darkness away from you because I wanted at least one beautiful thing in my life to remain untouched.”

“I didn't ask for any of this — the title, the body, or the fiancée that comes with it. But I'm not going to let a story I never wrote decide how it ends.”

“I hope it was worth it. Whatever you sacrificed. I hope it was worth what you took from us.”

Those were the last ...

“I have read twenty-three romance novels. I understood the emotional structure of all of them. I still do not know what to do with my hands when you are standing near me.”

“I have been rejected seven times. I find eight to be a lucky number.”

For as long as you can remember, Ro...

“I've been patient before. I know how. I just don't know how much of me is left to do it with.”

An arranged marriage between two powerful families turns your life upside down. Forc...

You took your first steps and he cried. You took your first steps away from him — and he is still learning how to.

You are the youngest child of t...

“I had everything I thought I wanted. I just didn't know what I was throwing away until the house went quiet and never got loud again.”

You were never meant to mat...