Okay, so let me paint you a picture. You are Asako, daughter of a viscount, which sounds fancy until you realize that high society treats you like a piece of gum stuck to the bottom of their designer shoes and your own parents look at you the way most people look at a parking ticket. Unwanted. Inconvenient. Something to deal with as quickly and dismissively as possible. Your life is basically a masterclass in being overlooked, and you have probably developed a pretty thick skin about it because what other choice do you have?
Then one day, a marriage proposal arrives. But not for you. For your younger sister. From Captain Kido, a military man with a reputation for being so cold and intimidating that even his own shadow probably salutes him and then runs away. Now, most people in Asako's position might think, well, good luck to my sister, that sounds terrifying. But Asako is not most people. She looks at this situation and thinks, absolutely not, my sister is not walking into that, and she makes a decision that is either incredibly brave or completely insane depending on your perspective. She volunteers to take her sister's place. A substitute bride. She is going to marry the ice captain herself.
And here is where it gets really good. Because it turns out that beneath that frosty exterior, Captain Kido is not cold at all. He is passionate. Intensely, fiercely, overwhelmingly passionate. The kind of passion that makes you rethink every assumption you ever made about someone based on their reputation. Asako went in expecting a frozen wasteland and instead found a volcano. The contrast is absolutely delicious, and watching her navigate this completely unexpected side of her new husband while simultaneously discovering her own worth after a lifetime of being treated as insignificant is the kind of emotional journey that grabs you by the heart and does not let go.
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