The Tezen ducal family, wielding the utmost power, and O’Hara County, possessing all the wealth in the world—their union could not have been more perfect than this.... more>>

Except there was no burning love.

“Evangeline O’Hara is a prepared duchess. It would be troublesome to find another woman now, and there is no guarantee that she would do as well as Evangeline.”

For Dekarno, there was no Duchess better than her.

So, if it was only about bankruptcy, he could bear with it.

However, she couldn’t.

“Let’s put an end to this, now.”

“…Are you suggesting canceling the engagement?”

“Yes.”

Evangeline had given up everything she had brought so far and now walked away barehanded.

By relinquishing everything, she could let go of that man, too.

Even the feelings she had held alone.

“I liked you, Your Grace.”

“….”

“No way. Your Grace didn’t think I was only coveting the position of Duchess, did you?”

How could she leave so easily after claiming she liked him? Dekarno couldn’t understand, and his anger boiled inside.

The increasingly entangled events, the complicated thoughts—all of it traced back to that woman.

In the end, there was no choice but to put everything back in its place.

He set out to find Evangeline, who was desperately trying to stand on her own.

“You claim you’ll survive. It’s unbearable for a mere human like me to endure.” <<less

A symbol of money and beauty, Tatiana Cartien, the most eligible bachelorette of the Freya Empire. With the overflowing love of her absolute power mother and her four beautiful sisters, all that remained for her was the position of the duchess, who was anyone envious of.... more>>

A thunderbolt had struck just before she announced the engagement, which will finally be the pinnacle of her life.

The despair of the betrayal of her trusted fiancé would come as such a shock only lasted for a few moments.

The person who loved Tatiana the most, her mother, first turned her back on her when she insisted that she would never marry.

The time she has left is one week.

"I would be left on the street with nothing if I couldn’t find a husband in a week. But all of the groomsmen candidates who had been so desperate to me only looked at my mother’s face."

The last person who came to mind when she thought it was all over! Cainell Townsend, a red-eyed reaper and the illegitimate child who was hated by everyone, returned with the title as war hero of Freya in three years .

After meeting such a dead-end, she decided to give it a go. In order to survive in this harsh world, she has to hold the devil’s hand.

A contract marriage between a woman, who fell from the queen of high society to the abyss in an instant, and a man who still lives in hell.

They said he doesn’t have money, he is indifferent, and he doesn’t like her.

Sincerity, secrets, and other emotions of this man are revealed to her one at a time. She made up her mind to never trust anyone again; this relationship was purely a contract marriage.

....But does heart beat like this? <<less