A man as violent as a beast, and as abrasive as sandpaper.
Emma, the thirteenth secretary of Caden—the duke infamous for being mad—is hard at work once again today.
One day, Emma makes a huge mistake.
She ends up spending the night with the Duke, who had mistaken her for a courtesan.
“If he finds out who I really am, he might kill me!”
Emma, holding back tears, submits her resignation.
But instead of welcoming it, Caden gives an unexpected response: rejection.
As Emma stares at the shredded resignation letter, Caden gives her a command.
“Find that woman and bring her to me.”
With her secret on the verge of being discovered, Emma begins doing everything she can to get fired from her position as secretary.
Her goal: to deliberately do only the things Caden hates, so he’ll chase her out!
She thought he would push her away in disgust if she clung to him.
She was wrong.
Caden, who used to glare as if he’d kill her for just brushing against him, begins acting strangely.
“Have you ever kissed someone before?”
“Don’t look for that woman anymore.”
“Why… why not?”
“Because I have you.”
Emma, who only meant to pretend to love Caden, finds herself slowly falling for him.
But even as he’s drawn to her, Caden refuses to acknowledge his feelings. To him, it’s just attachment to something precious—not love.
“Love? Me, love you? That’s the funniest thing I’ve ever heard.”
The deeper Emma’s feelings for Caden grow, the more she gets hurt.
Then, Prince Marcus approaches her.
Once Caden’s closest friend, now his enemy, Marcus boldly proposes to Emma.
Torn between Caden and Marcus, Emma struggles with her emotions.
One day, her senior from the academy, Noel, comes to see her.
Noel suggests she go with him to the Principality of Staria.
Pregnant with Caden’s child, Emma decides to leave with Noel.
When Caden finds out that Emma has disappeared, he is filled with rage—and immediately sets off in pursuit…
