Theron Cox is one of the Empire’s most successful businessmen—wealthy, handsome, and living life exactly as he pleases.

But when financial trouble strikes, he finds himself with an unexpected mission:

Seduce Lady Selene Ashcombe, heiress of a powerful ducal family.

To Theron, this was just another opportunity—digging up a new “money pit,” so to speak.

Winning over a woman? Easy. He’s done it a hundred times before.

But Selene… isn’t like the others.

“Thank you for coming, Mr. c*cks.”

“It’s Cox. My name is Theron Cox.”

She’s stunning, yet she doesn’t even remember his name.

That’s when Theron realizes—

To Selene, he’s no more interesting than a pebble on the ground.

Just another distraction from her one true passion: the piano.

But one day, out of nowhere, Selene makes an absurd proposal.

“I want to try kissing.”

“…I must have misheard. Lady Selene would never say something like that.”

“I said I want to try kissing you, Mr. Cox.”

Theron freezes.

Is she out of her mind?

Or maybe… it’s him.

Because in that very moment, he nearly lunged for her lips.

Because she said it so indifferently, so emotionlessly—

And yet, his heart wouldn’t stop racing.