Rosa Mariel, the daughter of a powerful duke, lives a quiet and comfortable life in her family’s estate—until an unexpected visit changes everything. A baron from the Alasto family arrives, and Rosa soon learns the truth: her father and the royal family have already agreed to marry her off to him in just five days.

The marriage is not born from love, but from politics. The royalist faction needs financial support, and the alliance with the Alasto family serves that purpose. With the princesses too important to sacrifice, Rosa becomes the chosen piece in a political game.

Although she does not resent her father or the crown, Rosa cannot escape the heavy feeling in her chest. She is about to marry a man she barely knows.

Yet Baron Alasto appears strangely honest about the situation. He proposes a practical arrangement—three years of marriage to fulfill the political alliance. After that, everything may change. Neither of them believes much in love, but they agree to face the future together under the weight of a marriage arranged by power and necessity.

But after three years, will love begin to bloom between them… or will this marriage turn out to be nothing more than a nightmare Rosa Mariel must one day wake up from?

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