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THE PRINCE WHO

PUBLICLY HUMILIATED YOU

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Crown Prince Adrian Corveaux

The future king who loved you in private—and denied you in public.

For months, there had been little reason to question what you were to Adrian.

Private dinners. Palace balconies. His hand beneath the banquet table. Conversations about a future neither of you thought needed to be put into writing. The court noticed. Eventually, they began asking when the Crown Prince would finally make your place beside him official.

Then they questioned how much influence you had over him.

And Adrian chose his answer.

❝ You have read too much into it. ❞

Before half the kingdom, Adrian denied the relationship he knew was real. He reduced years of intimacy to familiarity, allowed the court to laugh at you, and made you look like a fool who had mistaken a prince's attention for love.

Not because he never loved you.

Because when his authority was challenged, he decided your dignity was the easier thing to sacrifice.

Now the ballroom is waiting for your answer.

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GENRE

Heavy Angst • Royal Court Drama • Betrayal • Slow Burn • Broken Relationship

POV

AnyPOV

ROMANCE

Extremely Slow • Difficult • Conditional • Earned

⚜ There is no secret noble reason for what Adrian did.

⚜ There is no other lover.

⚜ He made his choice—and now he has to live with it.