“Do you have to drag me down to the very bottom to feel satisfied?”

Henrietta, an illegitimate daughter of the Osborne family, had spent her whole life being labeled as having dirty blood.

Her secret lover, the Duke of Schutzman, only worsened her torment by pressuring her to become his mistress.

Desperate, she reached out to Hendrik, an expelled illegitimate child of the imperial family who had returned as a prince.

“You no longer need to worry about the scandals attached to your name.”

“How is that possible?”

“Once you become my wife, our illustrious family will naturally sort it all out.”

In a world where nothing was truly free, these two souls, who yearned for freedom more than anyone else, began a love affair in order to escape the chains that bound them.

“When this marriage ends, there’s only one thing I desire—freedom. I want a meticulous and unbreakable freedom that neither cursed blood nor incomprehensible traditions could ever restrain.”

“Of course, without a doubt.”