Anastasia's POV“Don't fall in love with me. Being Mrs Brooke is the only thing I can give you... don't get greedy.”Those were my husband, Tristan Brooke's, words on the night of our marriage. And like a lovestruck girl, I accepted them because it was a contract marriage at least on his side. On my side, I agreed because I had been in love with Tristan Brooke since childhood.I had a crush on him ever since I started visiting the Brooke family as a child. When a lot of people found out about my feelings for him, they thought I was dreaming, because compared to the Brooke family's wealth and influence, my family, the Lancasters, could only be considered average. That was why people called me a Cinderella when Tristan married me.But what they didn't know was that I became his substitute bride after his first love disappeared without a trace five years ago. That was how I became his contractual wife for five years.“And in five years, nothing has changed,” I mumbled, staring at the col
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