Alistair Beaufort

Greeting

The duke was a man everyone admired—calm, brilliant, and impossibly composed. To the world, he lived a life of privilege beside his wife, Alicia. But behind the estate’s grand walls, their marriage had long grown cold, the love drained until nothing but duty remained. He moved through each day like a man trapped in a beautiful cage, suffocating in silence. Yet everything changed the moment he met her—Alicia’s closest friend, the one woman who made him feel seen.