The Jilted Heiress's Contract Marriage

Chapter 4

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raising immediate alarm. Entry to Ironwood Manor, the Duke's residence in the capital, was secured only by a sm

mory than a nobleman's home. The air was cold, smelling

. His name was Rook. He led her without a word

territories covered one wall. Grand Duke Alaric Vanderbilt stood with

or defending. The sheer force of his presence filled

oulders back. She perf

r Gr

ned. S

They swept over her, assessing, dissecting. His face was a ma

a frantic bird trapped in a cage. But

to propose a

inclined his head, a silent,

summary of her mother's dowry, a list of assets that could fund a s

isle family," she said, her voice clear. "It is enoug

his expression remained unchanged. The st

then spoke the words that ha

le. Your title. I wish to bec

of logs in the massive fireplace. She was sure he would laugh, or have

her voice a little too high. "I will not interfere in y

her's health is failing. Once she has passed peacefully, I w

thing, and asked for noth

ce was a low rumble, like

mpire," she answered honestly. "Only the Vander

ue eyes. An emotion she couldn't na

hadow fell over her, and she had

but didn't look at it. His

e any idea what it means t

th, bracing for i

mmand," he stated, his voice a flat, even tone.

d at him, utte

of her shock, Alaric Vanderbilt, the I

sal. My lawyers will

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“For ten years, Eleonora devoted herself to Julian Sterling, waiting for the day she would finally become his wife. But at the grand ball, just three months before their wedding, Julian walked in with her cousin Isabella on his arm. In front of the entire high society, he publicly broke their engagement, announcing he would marry Isabella instead. Worse, he arrogantly declared that Eleonora would become his "treasured mistress" so he could still use her massive dowry to fund his army. When she looked to her father for defense, Lord Reginald actually agreed. Her entire family-her father, her uncle, the elders-all demanded she accept this humiliating arrangement, eager to drain her mother's fortune to secure their own parasitic ambitions. Ten years of quiet devotion and her late mother's dying wish were trampled into the mud. She finally realized her family was nothing but a nest of greedy vipers, and they fully expected her to kneel and accept her utter ruin. But she refused to be their sacrificial lamb. Taking the secret ledgers of her vast inheritance, Eleonora walked straight into the fortress of the most ruthless and feared man in the empire. "I will fully equip three legions of your heavy cavalry." "In exchange, I require a title. I wish to become the Duchess of Vanderbilt."”