Princess Calanthe’s husband insists that true love needs no physical intimacy. Yet his childhood sweetheart has a child who looks exactly like him, and he expects Calanthe to raise the boy. Her response stuns the imperial court. She demands a separate residence and twenty kept men. Behind the scandal, Calanthe is quietly gathering evidence to expose the deception beneath Zane’s virtuous façade. He thought she would protect his reputation at any cost. Now every secret he trusted her to overlook could become the reason she walks away.