Hoto Kizoku to Miren No Otome / Original Title: LADY POLLY (Harlequin History Karu Special)

[Machine Translation] Polly is in a melancholy mood after rejecting her nineteenth suitor: five years earlier, she had been courted passionately by Sir Henry, a socialite who had been the center of attention, and she herself had been seized by a burning desire for the charming man. However, he was a prodigal, and Polly's parents considered him "a man to watch out for. Too young to disobey her parents, Polly had to cry out and reject Sir Henry's offer to elope with her. If only she had had the courage to jump into his arms.... Sir Henry's debauchery seemed to have increased even more after that. One night at a ball, Polly accidentally drinks too much and tries to settle her past with Sir Henry in a drunken frenzy, only to be kissed by him!

19人目の求婚者を断り、ポリーは憂鬱な気分に沈んでいた。5年前、社交界で注目の的だったヘンリー卿に熱烈に求愛され、彼女自身も魅力的な彼への想いに胸を焦がしていた。しかし放蕩者で通る彼は、ポリーの親からすれば“要注意人物”。まだ若すぎた彼女は親の言いなりで逆らうこともできず、ヘンリー卿からの駆け落ちの誘いを泣く泣く拒んだのだった。あのとき、もしも彼の胸に飛び込む勇気があったら...。その後のヘンリー卿はといえば、さらに放蕩に拍車がかかった様子だ。ある夜、舞踏会で誤って飲酒したポリーは酔った勢いのままにヘンリー卿との過去を清算しようとして、逆に彼にキスされてしまう!