Crazy Duke Fakes Frailty, Craving My Domination

Arya Vance, the daughter of the Count of Westerlo, was poisoned into madness as a child through a plot by her stepsister Celeste and the Marquis of the North, and was exiled to a convent by her family for 'tainting the bloodline.' Fifteen years later, she returns, only to find her stepsister has inherited the title and her former fiancé has become her subordinate. To take down her stepsister and the Marquis, she sets her sights on Leon, the sickly son of a duke, considered a useless wreck. Using his noble status as a cover, she keeps him close, employing gentle 'forced love' to make him cooperate in a show of affection. Yet Leon, appearing weak and pliable, has already seen through all her cards. He enjoys her 'use' and control, and even in places she can't see, clears every obstacle in her path of revenge, keeping her tightly in his grasp. It isn't until her stepsister is crushed into the dust, and Arya plans to leave thinking her revenge is complete, that the sickly duke's son corners her by the bed, his voice low and hoarse: 'My lady, used and discarded? Now it's my turn to be on top.'