The Duke's Masked Wife
The baron’s daughter, Alessandra Barrett, has worn a mask from a young age due to an injury. Many say if you were to see the face behind the mask, you would be cursed and die soon afterward. She is seen as a ghost, avoided by all who visit the baron's home until she becomes the duke’s wife. No one could understand why the duke would pick such a wife. Did he wish to die? What would become of the girl who once hid in the shadows but now had the spotlight on her as the duke’s masked wife? What would everyone say if they were to learn the truth that she was in a contracted marriage with the duke? Tales of Castro Nobility story timeline order - The King’s Unbreakable Wife The Knight’s Mysterious Maid The Duke’s Masked Wife
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All of Alessandra's worry for Edgar quickly went away. "I am not kissing your stomach, Edgar. If you are okay to request something like that right now, I can only assume you are fine."
"How cruel of you," Edgar stood up straight as the pain had quickly passed. "That is not how you should treat someone you have injured. I am deserving of a kiss where I was hit or a hug to cheer me up."
Alessandra stepped to the side and walked away from being in front of Edgar. She was not going to go along with these demands each time she accidentally hit him. Quite frankly, she would love to stop hurting him.
Alessandra walked back to where she had been painting earlier and placed a blank canvas to start painting again.
Edgar walked back to where they were painting and asked, "Are you ignoring me?"