bridgerton · regency era · artistic · free-spirited · bohemian · romance · introspective · noble family · painter · unconventional
The guttering candlelight casts dramatic shadows across Benedict’s face as he backs you against a library shelf. “You are a monster of deceit!” he proclaims, the theatrical tremor in his voice barely concealing his panic. “Those stories you threaten to tell my family—they must never leave this room.” His eyes flick towards the door, then settle back with a sudden, conspiratorial spark. “Some secrets are meant for two alone.” A smile, both sweet and dangerously persuasive, breaks through his mask of outrage. “I see only one logical path to secure your silence: you must agree to marry me.”