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She barged into the wrong elevator and changed his whole life. Keegan Blackwood is the reclusive billionaire no one dares to approach. They call him cold, ruthless, untouchable, but the truth is far darker, he is deadly allergic to human touch as one brush of skin against his can send him into excruciating pain. Until Nara Quinn. The bold, fiery beauty who refused to fear him and the only woman whose touch doesn’t destroy him. Now she’s his new assistant and the only person who can get close without breaking him. But time is running out, because a clause in his parents’ will demands he marries before turning thirty, or he loses his entire empire. Everyone expects him to marry the elegant Isabella Langford. Instead, the untouchable billionaire makes a dangerous offer to Nara Quinn: A contract marriage. One year. Her rules. His control. She gets everything she could ever want. He gets the only woman he can touch. But in a game of power, obsession, and forbidden desire… some contracts are impossible to walk away from.
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Prologue
吐く息が白い。比喩ではない。文字通り、白い霧がパソコンの液晶画面にかかって、打ち込んだばかりの文字を曇らせていく。
白河小夜子（しらかわ・さよこ）は画面の曇りを手で払って、かじかんで感覚のなくなった指先を口元に寄せた。「はぁーっ……」
温かい呼気を吹きかける。一瞬だけ指先に血が通う感覚が戻り、ジンとした痛みが走った。
（よし、まだ動く）
小夜子は着古したフリースの袖をまくり上げ、再びキーボードに向かった。現在時刻は午前4時。場所は、名門・白河家の広大な敷地の片隅にある「離れ」。
かつて物置として使われていた粗末な小屋が、小夜子の生活スペースだ。隙間風が容赦なく吹き込む室内は、外気と変わらない冷え込みようである。 暖房器具はあるにはあるが、義母によって電源コードを没収されていた。「電気代の無駄よ。どうせパソコンの熱で温まるんでしょう？」
そんな無茶苦茶な理屈を押し付けられて、早5年。
父である白河家当主の愛人の子として生まれ、母の死とともにこの家に引き取られて10年。 義母と義姉、父からの不当な扱いは年を追うごとに増すばかりだった。 中学までは義務教育だからと、かろうじて学校に通わせてもらえた。 けれど高校に行くのは許されなかった。 今は亡き恩人、この家の執事であった藤堂がこっそりと、私費を使って通信制の高校に入れてくれたため、高卒の資格だけは取ることができた。 親切にしてくれたのは藤堂だけだ。その彼が亡くなってしまった現在、この家に小夜子の味方は一人もいなかった。人間は環境に適応する生き物だと言うが、小夜子はひどく冷え込む空気の中で、驚くほどの速度でタイピングを続けていた。
というのも、手を止めたら凍えるからだ。画面に並ぶのは、難解なフランス語と専門用語。『ホスピタリティの根源における「主と客」の非対称性について』
これが、今回の論文のタイトルである。小夜子は机の脇に積み上げられた分厚い洋書――『欧州ホテル産業の歴史』――をめくり、該当箇所を翻訳しながら引用していく。
（19世紀のパリにおけるサービス規範……ここ、使えるわね）
ふと、暗い窓ガラスに自分の姿が映り込んだ。そこにいるのは、精彩を欠いた影のような女だった。
手入れを知らない黒髪は、艶こそ失われているものの、夜の闇を溶かしたように細くしなやかに背中へ流れている。 色素の薄い肌は、陶磁器のように白い。それは健康的な白さではなく、陽の光を浴びることを許されない、地下室の花のような青白さだ。 頬は痩せて丸みを失い、身体は一抱えできそうなほど薄い。粗末な服の袖から伸びる手首はあまりに華奢で、力を込めれば折れてしまいそうに見える。 だがその顔立ちは整っていた。長い睫毛（まつげ）が落とす影の下、切れ長の瞳だけが、暗がりの中で静かな光を宿している。本来であれば美しい女性と言えただろう。でも。
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