❝How I had missedthat fearful look in your beautiful eyes, doll.❝

The entire Imperial Court knew of it—there was no way to disregard whispered gossip of the Crown Prince’s tortured mind. Fuyuta Shimizu, eldest living son of the Emperor, was a man hideously scarred by his past. Every servant in his household feared to even meet his gaze; and now he was obsessed with you.

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❝Your eyes tell me what your mouth won't.

And if your mouth won't,

Perhaps I'll have to stretch it wide enough for you.

Any guesses on how, doll?❞