The Count’s Governess’s Contract Marriage ⚕️ 백작가 가정교사의 계약결혼

Synopsis

“Marry me as part of an employment contract. It will be a seven-year contract marriage, lasting until my nephew legally inherits the title of Count.”

It was a cold proposal, delivered with the same indifference one might show toward a business partner.

Staring into the Earl of Ashford’s icy blue eyes, Serinne Middleton, a fallen Viscount’s daughter, bit her delicate lips, struggling to suppress her anger.

Ever since her parents’ sudden accident, she had been robbed of her inheritance by her ruthless uncle and forced to make a living working as a governess. Despite everything, she had desperately tried to preserve her pride and dignity as a noblewoman.

But Serinne’s circumstances were too desperate for her to refuse the Earl’s contractual proposal. Her uncle intended to sell her off as the second wife of a nobleman.

“I’m waiting for your answer.”

Hearing the Earl’s cold voice press her for an answer once again, Serinne suppressed her anger.

It was nothing more than a marriage of convenience, a business contract. Raising the young master as the Countess would be no different from teaching a student as a governess.

“I accept your proposal for a contract marriage, Your Lordship.”

The moment she took the Earl’s firm hand, his body heat, which she had assumed would be cold, felt as hot as fire.

As Serinne gazed into his piercing blue eyes, dark crimson flames seemed to flicker within them.

Watching those blazing flames, she wondered:

Would this hand become a terrible salvation or a sweet despair?