Romantic Psycho

The Lady of the Esteemed Rockwood Earldom, Diane

After tragically losing both of her parents in consecutive accidents, Diane is forced into marriage with a wealthy man thirty years her senior by a distant relative who becomes her new guardian.

On her wedding night, as she waits for her husband, she is mu*dered.

But to her shock, she opens her eyes again… back in time, standing before her father’s lifeless body.

Believing that she was killed by her husband, Diane is desperate to escape her impending marriage. To do so, she approaches Captain Julian Harbour, a notorious rake of high society, with a bold proposal.

“Sleep with me.”

***

At first, it was sympathy.

Looking at her, she seemed like the most wretched soul in the world, so pitiful that he couldn’t simply walk away.

“If I start courting you, many other gentlemen will follow suit. You’ll have your pick among them, and the choice of the best suitor will be yours…”

Thus, Julian begins a fake courtship to help Diane find a more suitable husband.

“…For a moment, I really thought you liked me.”

And in that moment, as she spoke those words, Julian realized…

…something had gone terribly wrong.