Torikago No Cinderella / Original Title: SOME SORT of SPELL (Harlequin Presents PB 315 Sakka Series Bessatsu)

[Machine Translation] Since the death of her parents six years ago, Beatrice has given up on her dreams and has been struggling to raise her beautiful but selfish younger siblings, who treat her like a servant. One night, however, her patience finally runs out when Elliot, a wealthy man, teases her while she is serving dinner to her sister. Is it so bad that one of her siblings is not beautiful? When Beatrice is so humiliated and embarrassed that she runs away to the kitchen, Elliot chases after her and mocks her for being so ugly, even to the point of making her cry. He calls Beatrice "sweetie" and takes her lips...

6年前に両親が亡くなってから、ベアトリスは夢をあきらめ、美しいけれどわがままな年下のきょうだいを必死に育ててきた―彼らからの、まるで使用人のような扱いに耐えながら。しかしある夜、妹にディナーの給仕をしているところを、富豪のエリオットにからかわれ、彼女はついに我慢の糸が切れてしまう。きょうだいの中で一人だけ美しくないのが、そんなに悪いこと?屈辱と恥ずかしさから、ベアトリスがたまらずキッチンに逃げこむと、追いかけてきたエリオットが、泣き顔まで醜いとあざけった。ところが彼は、怒るベアトリスを“かわいい君”と呼んで唇を奪い...。