"What did I ever do to deserve this?" A solemn Malisha continued to cry out into her hands. The despair was present and the frustration too, but for some reason, the tears just could not flow to complete the act.

"Quit being dramatic and go say hallo to your fiancè." her mother scolded.

"Mother!" Malisha cried out in outrage. That title again, and she could not still figure out how Duke had managed to make it stick. He was conniving that one, and for that alone Malisha ...