Lady Ophelia And Her Doctor

is it sno

t snowed last night, Mr

up. 'Really? Help m

Give it another half a year, and the baby can watch t

ady pushing forward,

bothering with shoes or her thick c

startled gasp and

, her breath catching a

nowflakes drifted lazily, dusting the

ful-soft, alm

n waiting for, the one she

flickered acr

He promised. He said he'd

Ophelia's shoulders and knelt to sli

tle longer. And when he gets back, you'd best let him check on you p

the world. A brilliant doctor, a n

e believed there was nothing he couldn't do, even i

e touched Op

time apart since you got married. He's been away for months-he doesn't e

r barely swollen belly, warmt

deon's. The thought alon

'Everyone's jealous, you know? Marrying Dr Garnett-there's no better man to spend your life w

ed her gaze.

hat was it, some tiny kingdom?-was circling him like a vulture. If you

happened just yesterday, even though

was still in university, falling fo

sor. And students weren't supposed

uppressed every glance,

ess Sofia Belvani o

small but influential kingdom, laid eye

wanted something, sh

rned her down. Poli

't understand

ran back to Belvara and wept to

saw no reason to deny his d

plied pressure. Went thr

cing an infatuated princess anymore-

ersity of Health Sciences, w

medical research department, and the message

a job-he'd be blacklisted. No university would

uld b

ride, his stubbornness, his unw

e in. He would rather destroy himself tha

d the unt

t his resignation, Op

hammering, cheeks burning, words spilling o

every consequence. Marryin

ower, but Ophelia had so

olkov

. Their reach stretched across Valdoria and beyond,

nd against a foreig

helia meant prot

it also meant fulfilling the one despera

e perfect

sn't even

-she had two years before she'd

someone else to obsess over, a

n silent f

waiting, nerves fraying

he finally spoke. 'Yo

the fabric of her dr

lammed agai

, her voice reso

his agreeing to the engagement meant he

sen any other woman from a powerful

phelia didn't give a damn about what the other students at

ll-bent on

eelings were nothing more than what a teacher felt for a st

t didn'

euvred him into marriage,