Princess Lili had grown up knowing that she would someday marry Prince Rule of Montedoro—until the day the prince announced he was marrying another woman. To Lili’s surprise, Prince Rule’s aloof brother, Alex, gently consoles her, and it’s amid this confusion that she notices the desire in his eyes… One thing leads to another and they make love. She later learns that she’s pregnant, and they’re set to get married…but Lili isn’t sure how she feels about a marriage with cold, mysterious Alex—she’s nervous about what their partnership will be like. Meanwhile, Alex is working through an unbearable darkness that threatens to crush his heart…