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Chapter 173


Cain's face, as he opened the door and stepped in, was as gentle as ever.

"Viola."

He closed the distance in a few strides and reached out to pull me into his arms, naturally, as always.

Out of habit, I nearly leaned into him, but I pulled back sharply at the last second. If I let myself touch that warm, familiar comfort, I felt certain the feelings I'd been holding down would come crashing apart right then and there.

"...?"

Cain looked puzzled at how stiff my reaction had been. I scrambled for an excuse.

"Melody's asleep. Let's move somewhere else."

Cain obediently lowered his arms and led the way to the parlor just next door.

We sat facing each other on the sofa, but a suffocating silence stretched on between us.

On any other day, even the quiet between us would have felt warm and comfortable, but right now…

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A Contract Marriage with My Child’s Father

A Contract Marriage with My Child’s Father

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Status: Completed Type: Author: Native Language: Korean
I was reborn into a parenting novel — as a nameless extra. Or so I thought, until I found myself raising the original heroine: my own four-year-old daughter, Melody, a Saintess candidate the Temple would stop at nothing to take. To keep her hidden, I lived quietly as a village pharmacist in the south, playing the part of an unwed mother some man had walked out on. And then I was hired to treat the nephew of Duke Cain Asheln — the Dragon Duke, the most eligible bachelor in the empire, and the man who is supposed to be the story's father figure. Silver hair. Red eyes. A face that never gives anything away. "Let's marry." "Pardon?" "Didn't you say so yourself? That you wanted a contract marriage." I did need a marriage — to protect Melody, and my own life along with hers. But I never meant to ask him. A contract marriage ends in divorce. That was the deal I'd made with myself. So why does this man keep looking at my daughter as if she were already his?

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