Help: The Mysterious Grand Duke is in Love with Me
“You will marry him and you will go with him today,”
Dutton's words echoed through the room as Evangeline sat on the floor, touching her face.
Her cheek stung with intense pain from a fierce slap as she looked up at her father daring not to respond.
He pulled her up off the floor by the collar of her snowy blue dress. Forcing her to look into his eyes.
“I'm not asking you, I'm telling you, the offer he made is worth more than your entire life. The amount of gold he offered will pay off all my debts and leave me living comfortably for the rest of my life. You have no choice in the matter, you will marry him,” He demanded, his shouts stinging her ears.
She raised her hand, weakly pushing on his chest.
“I want to marry Cade, I have no interest in a man I barely know."
His eyes darkened, as he grabbed the sides of her cheeks, watching her squirm.
“You have no choice,” He barked, “You will marry who I tell you to marry. I've already accepted the dowry.”
She whimpered in pain as he threw her to the ground. Her cheeks now revealing light bruising.
She crawled over to her father, grabbing hold of his legs.
“Father please, please I want to be with Cade, don't make me go to a man I don't know. Don't make me marry someone else.”
He kicked her off, sliding her across the floor.
“That forest boy, you always talk about that forest boy. You know nothing about him, you have no idea of his origins, you say you love him but you've never seen his face because he hides from you. Only ever speaking to you from a distance, sometimes I wonder if he's even real or if you're just imagining things to get out of your duties as the daughter of a noble."
“He's real,” She screamed, “He's real and he loves me and I love him. I won't marry anyone else. I refuse, and if you make me go I'll make the Grand Duke wish he never asked for my hand in the first place.”
“You're going Evangeline, you are going to live with His Royal Highness and you will behave yourself or else I'll come over there and make you behave,” He warned, towering over her, “This is an opportunity of a lifetime, you should be thanking me for helping you become a Royal instead you throw this tantrum and think I will put up with this nonsense? Well I won't! Not now, not ever. Now pack your things, the carriage will be here to take you before nightfall and you will go even if you have to be taken there kicking and screaming…”
Evangeline was engaged to marry her best friend Cade whom she never seen when the news of her engagement to Silas the Grand Duke of Parola was broken to her. Despite her resistance, Evangeline was forced to move into the engagement with Silas, a mysterious Grand Duke who's known for his icy demeanor. But what happens when this Grand Duke is really her best friend Cade? Will he reveal the truth to her or will his self consciousness of being rejected get the better of him?
