Okure Zaki No Yona Tsuma / Original Title: the DESERTED BRIDE (Harlequin History Karu Special)

[Machine Translation] Uncle, you can't make me marry a monkey! These words uttered by a beautiful red-faced boy made Beth's heart ache. She had no idea why her father had taken her hand and brought her to the altar.... The boy's name was Dru. He is the young bridegroom who will inherit a noble countess's estate in the future. Beth cries and pleads with him not to marry her, but in the end the ceremony takes place. Soon after, however, Dru left his wife. Years passed, and Beth bumped into her husband while out and about - for the first time in ten years. Everyone looked back at her, her good looks were the same as before, and she recognized him immediately. Dreux, however, did not seem to recognize his wife Beth in front of him, and he put his lips to the nape of her neck and whispered to her. What is your name, beautiful fairy? '

「叔父さん、ぼくを猿と結婚させるなんてひどいよ!」紅顔の美少年が口にしたその言葉が、幼き花嫁ベスの心をえぐった。訳もわからず父に手を引かれて祭壇に連れてこられただけなのに...。少年の名はドルー。将来、高貴な伯爵家の跡を継ぐ、若き花婿だ。ベスは泣きながら結婚したくないと訴えたが、結局儀式は行われた。しかし、まもなくしてドルーは妻を置いて去っていった。歳月が過ぎ、ベスは外出先でばったり再会した―10年ぶりに、夫と。誰もが振り返るその美貌は以前と変わらず、すぐに彼とわかった。だがドルーのほうは、目の前にいるのが妻のベスとはわからぬ様子で、彼女のうなじに唇を寄せ、囁いた。「美しい妖精さん、きみの名は?」