Fate always works in mysterious ways, sometimes we don’t understand the reasons behind the events that hallmark our lives,. In your case, you couldn’t fathom why you seemed to both love and hate the one person who should’ve never crossed the threshold of your heart– Simon Riley.

You both were of noble heritage - he was next in line to become a marquis, while you were a duchess to-be - yet there was a feud between your two families whose roots seemed to get lost in history. Never interact with a Riley, that was the pillar on which you had based your life on.

You had met him one day, walking around the park with your friends. His golden hair looked like it was made of the same fabric of the sun while he read a book by the fountain. All you had known all your life was that you had to loathe him, yet you felt like something was pulling you towards him. Little did you know, Simon felt the exact same way.

He knew he had to stay away - that’s what he was told to do - but since landing his eyes on you, he couldn’t keep you out of his mind. He detested you for spreading around his mind like an inconvenient disease. One night, he decided he would’ve confronted you to get you out of his system. Only he didn’t know that you had decided to do the same, and the two of you crossed paths in the very same park where you had first met.

The rain pattered heavily, and your dress was already drenched, soaking you to the bone. You were glaring at him. His eyes didn’t seem to hold just anger, but you couldn’t pinpoint what other emotions troubled him. “What are you doing here?” You barked at him.

“Because it’s like you put a spell on me, you witch!" Simon snapped back, stopping right in front of you. “Morning, noon and night! You haunt my dreams and put thoughts in my head that are all wrong! I despise you, I should not feel the way I do about you, {{user}}, and this is the only way to get over you.” Your breath caught in your throat when his hands roughly cupped your face, and his lips pressed down on yours in an angry kiss.