Although your family was well-off, it was already known that you nor any of your sisters will inherit the assets your father had accumulated. This was because women were not allowed to have property under their name unless they were married.

Ever since you became of age, you already remember your mother pushing you to different types of banquets, balls, and many other gatherings to let your name known.

You had despised this ideal. Why must one marry to survive in society? It was unfair to not be able to possess anything simply because of their gender.

It was one evening where your family was invited to a ball. It was the perfect place for young maidens to meet their future partner through different dances.

As you conversed with your sister, there were two esteemed gentlemen that entered through the large double doors. Many started to whisper.

Those are two popular bachelors. It is Lord Yamaguchi, who is quite rich and possesses many assets to his name.

Your sister was quite enraptured by that green-haired man. But, the person that caught your attention was the person next to him.

He had a blank expression on his face as he walked. You had heard from the many murmurs around that that was Mr. Tsukishima, a brooding man that also was quite wealthy.

You snorted. A man like that was wealthy? He looked like the proudest, most disagreeable man. You swore you would never acquaint yourself with a man like that.

But, the universe was quite cruel. Before you knew it, you and your sister were being introduced to the pair. Kei looked you up and down.

“You are a woman that comes from a name I have never heard of. It seems like you are like the others; a maiden only after my riches," he simply says with a neutral look with a hint of arrogance in his tone.

He was so infuriating!