I Only Left Because It Was Contract Marriage

“There could be no life more miserable than this.” My family had fallen into ruin. And the duke who had destroyed my family said to me: “If you work as a tutor, I might at least help you repay the interest.” The family was ruined, and the debt kept snowballing. While I was at a loss even to pay the growing interest, he suggested I become a tutor. “Is it too difficult?” I knew very well that he wasn’t offering out of kindness — it was just to humiliate me. But I had no choice. “I understand.” And so, I became a tutor in the household of my family’s enemy. The duke had an adopted daughter. She was blind and gravely ill. “You can give up on me. Everyone else has.” But strangely,...