Summary
Ella’s life was a cruel fairytale, stripped of her mother’s love and her father’s affection, reduced to a mere servant under the tyrannical whims of her stepmother and stepsisters. Her torment escalated when she was forced into a nightmare marriage with a gambling-addicted Viscount, only to be sold off to cover his debts. Her sole solace was the distant, heroic figure of Archduke Wellington. But when despair pushed her to the brink, a desperate wish granted her a miraculous return to the past, to the age of eighteen. Armed with the bitter lessons of her previous life and a newfound inheritance, Ella refuses to repeat her tragic fate. Her target? The formidable Archduke Wellington, the nation’s hero. To escape her predetermined doom, she offers him an audacious proposal: a fake engagement, fueled by the secrets only she knows from her past. Will this daring gamble secure her freedom and a chance at happiness, or will she fall into an even deeper abyss? Read chapter 1 to witness her bold new beginning!