💔THE DUKE NEEDED HER FORTUNE, NOT HER LOVE… BUT WHEN SHE MISCARRIED HIS HEIR, HE WOULDN'T LET HER GO скачать в хорошем качестве

💔THE DUKE NEEDED HER FORTUNE, NOT HER LOVE… BUT WHEN SHE MISCARRIED HIS HEIR, HE WOULDN'T LET HER GO

In the frozen depths of January 1811, Lady Catherine Winthrop arrives at the crumbling Ashmore Hall—not as a cherished bride, but as a transaction. Her merchant father's fortune has purchased an ancient title, a decaying estate, and a Duke who looks at her with all the warmth of a winter sky. The Duke of Ashmore stands rigid and remote, a man facing execution rather than matrimony. He has sold himself to save his family's legacy from the ruins of his father's gambling debts. Catherine understands the brutal truth: she is not a wife, but a ledger balanced, a solution to whispered problems behind closed doors. As weeks pass in profound silence, Catherine wanders endless corridors where wallpaper peels like skin and furniture lies draped like corpses. They sit at opposite ends of a table built for twenty, making stilted conversation while a chasm yawns between them that no polite discourse can bridge. She is a Duchess in title, but in truth, merely another piece of furniture purchased with merchant gold—decorative, useful, but unloved. Experience this emotional journey of duty, distance, and unexpected transformation. Like, subscribe, and share your thoughts below. Let us know: Have you ever felt trapped by expectations? 🌹 This story is a work of fiction. All characters, events, and scenarios presented are purely imaginative and created for entertainment purposes only. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.