The Unexpected Perks of a Fake Marriage

“This is just a sham marriage, Young Master.” I had a surprise wedding with this man, Eric Orléans, who was supposed to be my older brother, after running away in the middle of the night. If things had gone as planned, it would have been my mother and Eric Orléans’ father who should have been standing here now. ‘If you get caught, you’re dead.’ My mother mouthed that when she saw me getting married at her own wedding hall. I’m sorry, Mom. But this is all for our family. Our family can’t be wiped out by our psycho stepfather, right? Bang! Bang! Bang! The flash went off. The headline of tomorrow’s newspaper article will probably be something like this: [Eric Orléans, run away in the middle of the night, and marry the daughter of his father, the Duke of Orléans’ fiancée!] [They share a kiss in the chapel…] It’s absurd, but it’s a sham marriage anyway, so what?