Microscopes and Canvases

“I have no intention of getting married. I’m going to get a job.”

Patrick Bennet, the eccentric only son of the Viscount Bennet family, who has abandoned both marriage and his family obligations and declared that he will devote his life to researching new species of plants.

“I’m glad I’m not popular on the marriage market! I’m going abroad to study.”

Beatrice Somerset, the stubborn youngest daughter of the Marquess Somerset family, who has declared her ambition to study abroad on her own, determined to establish herself as a professional painter.

These two unconventional figures of high society, who have turned their parents’ worlds upside down, meet through their connection with ‘Mr. Greenleaf,’ the new director of the Natural History Museum and Beatrice’s maternal uncle.

“Even if the world were to split in two, I would never propose to Lady Somerset.”

“Do you know what? That’s the most thrilling thing I’ve ever heard a man say in my entire life.”

The two hit it off perfectly from their very first meeting.

They join forces as a ‘single alliance,’ dreaming of choosing marriage on their own terms.

After a series of twists and turns, they end up working together at the Natural History Museum.

Is it because they spend every day together?

Or is it because they get along suspiciously well?

With their hearts constantly fluttering and each becoming aware of the other even at the slightest breeze, Patrick and Beatrice find themselves helplessly drawn to each other.

However, their journey toward one another proves to be anything but easy….

(Source: Novel Updates)