Royal Proposal

She's Rapunzel Robinson, and her life is stolen in public.

He's d'Artagnan Dugan, and he's the thief.

There is no faking it till you make it in this love story.

Our first kiss was private, but our second kiss was anything but.

He cupped my face, feeling my fear.

He stared into my eyes, afraid I would bolt.

He said softly. "Trust me, Princess."

Then, his perfectly sculpted lips captured mine.

He kissed me, not like he needed me, but like he wanted me.

Then, the emcee's high-pitched voice yelled into the microphone.

"What just happened, folks?"

A public proposal.

A wedding pact sealed.

Only for a month. Then it's over.

It's fake. It's not forever.

But it feels too right to be wrong.

Fake it till you make it isn't happening in this enemies to lovers, arranged marriage with a twist.

Previously published as The Thief and Fraudulent Fianc?e.