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Leticia whose been living her life quietly in the outskirts of the Kingdom of Otis, met a bloodied man lying on her lawn in the middle of the night.

Deciding to save the man whose identity is still unknown, Leticia did the bare minimum aid and determined to let him go when he gets better.

'Well... I mean, I can't afford to help and sheltered an unknown man when I want to get married, right?!'

But what's this?

Why are you not leaving? And why are you so good at doing household chores?! And you know how to cook too?!

You're making me hesitate to let you go!

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The rumored notorious Duke Hugh Naville decided to stay quiet and enjoy the life he has with Leticia until knights came and begged him to go back as his marriage candidates lined up to meet him, plotted for political purposes of the Queen.

Thinking that the Queen shouldn't have his way with his life, Duke Hugh saw Leticia as the best option.

"Leticia... Will you become my lover?"

"Huh? Why would I do that?!"

The response from Leticia made Duke Hugh smile. He became sure that she's the only answer to his crisis.

"I want you to become my fake lover..."

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But what will happen when suddenly Leticia had a glimpsed of her future and one of those is her life hanging in a thread?

'I should leave before I can, right?'

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This work will be participating in Webnovel Spirity Awards Spring 2021

P.S. Photo not mine. Credit to the owner.

The Duke's Fraudulent Lover

Leticia was looking outside the window, dazed. It's been a week since it happened.

A week that she's been looking outside like a soulless person. A week seeing the day and night shift without restraint. A week of having self-reflection and self-interrogation.

She took a deep sigh. So deep that she needed to hold her breath along with her thoughts. Leticia slowly released the tightening in her chest with a simple inhale-exhale exercise that she thought would help her however, even though she did it so many times, the heavy feeling was still there. It didn't lessen at all!

So she sighs again. She sighed and sighs.

Leticia couldn't even count how many deep breaths she had taken in a week.

Also, because she's been tied up in the bed and couldn't move around as much as she wanted. She had more time to think about things. As the injury in her body prevented her from moving around, her room became suffocating for her.

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