“Would you be so kind as to bear me a… flawed child, born of a mad dog, Lady?”... more>>

“…Gladly.”

There were no other options.

People called her a mad dog, her family drove her to the brink of death, and finally, the fiancé she trusted fell in love with her younger sister.

This man was her only remaining option.

“Then shall I give you some advice, Lady?”

“I say this because it seems the Lady operates in a rather inefficient manner.”

“Or perhaps, you expend a considerable amount of futile effort.”

He offered unsolicited advice. And then…

“I heard you’re in urgent need of a bride. You need a… less than desirable bride, one with a tarnished reputation.”

“Indeed. Your reputation is… less than desirable. Not just a mad dog, but a mad dog tainted by countless scandals.”

“But I’m not actually mad. If you’re worried about an heir…”

“No. I’d actually prefer one who’s actually mad.”

“…”

“Come to think of it, it would be nice to have an heir who inherited madness from a mad dog. Perfect.”

There was no one else but this man who would speak to her this way.

It was a meeting born of necessity.

This was a promise meant to be broken in time.

“A divorce? Don’t be absurd.”

He changed his tune,

“Unfortunately, you’re not going anywhere.”

Not until he looked at her with eyes that seemed to burn. <<less

[Your father’s cause of death was not su*cide.] ... more>>

Yoo Ji-ah joined Sekyung Group to find the father who had abandoned her family, a man who worked there as an executive. However, before Ji-ah could even ask for a reason, her father’s life ends in an apparent su*cide.

And then, a message that struck like a bolt from the blue on the day of her father’s funeral.

That her father’s death was not a su*cide. That he had, in fact, been forced to leave Ji-ah. And…

“So, f*ck, do I have to come all the way to a funeral parlor just to clean up two corpses?”

The man she met by accident in the funeral hall’s parking lot, Executive Director Ha Sehyun of Sekyung Group.

“Don’t you need money?”

“…”

“If you give a statement for the police report, I’ll make sure the compensation is generous.”

“No, thank you.”

“If you don’t like that, I can make another offer.”

“…”

“You’re welcome anytime. Because you’re my type.”

The man who fell upon her like a bolt from the blue, whose mouth was filthy but whose face was just as beautiful.

“I suspect it was the doing of Executive Director Ha Sehyun.”

That he was the one behind her father’s death.

Half-believing, half-doubting, Ji-ah ultimately approaches Executive Director Ha Sehyun to shake off her lingering feelings, and for her own reasons and a shot at petty revenge.

“That other offer you made back then, is it still valid?”

“Why? Have you taken an interest now?”

From that moment on, her life begins to twist in an uncontrollable direction. <<less

Her husband has died.... more>>

It was a sudden death, caused by a chronic illness.

The young lord, who had only recently married and had no children, left everyone on the estate in mourning.

But they were only pretending to grieve.

"He died of a heart attack while playing with prostit**es."

"Isn't it all because the Grand Duchess failed to fulfil her duties as his legitimate wife?"

Elliope suffered in silence under the weight of the terrible truth.

"You are not what I wanted, Princess."

Elliope's husband, who had always humiliated and belittled her, claiming he had been tricked into a fraudulent marriage, died in the arms of other women.

With few options left, Elliope made her choice.

She would rather face death than return to the palace and be sold to another man.

But then came an unexpected turn of events.

"Your Highness, the Grand Duchess."

The man she had met in her last moments, desperately clinging to his brief kindness, unexpectedly reappeared in her life after being transported three years into the past.

In a moment of impulsive courage, Elliope whispered:

"Take my v*rginity, Kallian Icerick."

The man who had always looked at her with cold, contemptuous eyes now looked at her with a spark of fire in his expression.

"From this moment on, you are my wife, Elliope Kartan." <<less

A gentleman in bed but a terrible marriage partner. A rich, capable, handsome, and promiscuous tr*sh. The black sheep of the Telloien family—Herman Telloien.... more>>

“I’ll do it.”

“I have no idea what you’re talking about, Esina Lehier.”

“You said you needed one. A woman who’s unladylike, utterly wicked.”

“…….”

“A woman so vile that your family would disown you just for bringing her home—someone cruel, lazy, vain, greedy for wealth, who tosses a wife’s duties into the tr*sh……”

And yet, despite knowing exactly what he was, she chose to marry him.

“That kind of wicked wife.”

“…….”

“Then marry me. I’ve liked Herman for a long time.”

Esina Lehier.

“Don’t expect me to change just because we’re married.”

“…….”

“If you really want to marry me, kill whatever feelings you have for me.”

“I’ll kill them.”

“…….”

“I won’t chain you down. That’s my way of loving you.”

Esina was satisfied with that.

This marriage was exactly what she had dreamed of, and Herman was the finest piece of tr*sh among all the tr*sh she could have chosen. So how could she possibly have any complaints?

“Liar.”

“…….”

“You say you love me, Esina.”

But unexpectedly, it seemed the promiscuous tr*sh in question was the one with complaints. <<less

The Empire's Influential Duke Reinhardt's House's Unbearable Nuisance Lady.... more>>

An adopted child who doesn't know her place, a woman who ruins social gatherings.

The woman who tried to poison Aria Reinhardt, the Duke's biological daughter.

That was me, Mindia Reinhardt.

"Your Grace! Please, spare me!"
"Beg Aria, whom you nearly killed!"

The moment I was beheaded, I realized.

This place is the novel I read, and I'm the minor villain who dies early in the story. After returning, I vowed not to live like that in this life. I tried to grab any man and marry him to escape the Duke's household.

"You think I don't know you were flirting with another man at the party?!"

Thus, my second life ended in ab*se. In the next life, I decided to run away. I planned to leave for a place where no one knew me and live freely.

"Traitor, Mindia Reinhardt, come out!"
"She did it alone!"
"We're not involved!"

The sins of the Duke's house had somehow become my sins. The third life, in which I dreamed of freedom, melted away like a dream.

And now, the fourth.

I decided I would not endure anymore. For that, I needed someone.

"I will be of help. And at the right time, I will leave you, Your Grace."
"Leave?"
"Yes. As if I never existed. I will definitely do that for you."

...That was my plan.

"Where do you think you're going now?"
"I..."
"Didn't I tell you? The Reinhardt who stands by my side, my partner, can only be you."

Why are the hands holding me so strong and warm? <<less

“Elaine, the Vice-Captain, was dishonorably discharged!”... more>>

Elaine Pascal, Vice-Captain of the 3rd Holy Knights Order, disobeyed the imperial command to offer the captured enemy princesses as brides to the “Monster Duke”—and instead, released them.Furious, the Emperor demanded that the daughter of Marquis Pascal be offered in their place. Now, Elaine’s sister, the rose of high society, Reina Pascal, is on the verge of being sacrificed to the Monster Duke.But then—

“Why sell off my sister?”

“What?!”

“What’s the point of hiding the youngest daughter all this time?”

To everyone’s shock, the one who steps forward to become the Duke’s bride is none other than Elaine Pascal herself—having just cast off her disguise as a man.

“What kind of sister would just stand by knowing her older sister was going to die?”

I, Elaine Pascal, regained memories of my past life—and I had my own plans.

“My husband’s not even going to be home anyway—he’ll be too busy hunting monsters.”

The Monster Duke had no interest in the wife the Emperor forced upon him.

In the original story, that indifference was the beginning of the tragedy—but for me, it didn’t seem like much of a problem.

“So I’ll just live off the Duke’s wealth and laze around, right?”

Watch my whole family die for the male lead’s character development and see our noble house fall into ruin vs.

Marry the Monster Duke in my sister’s place and live an easy life?Obviously, the second option is the winner.But then—

“And where do you think you’re going, my bride?”

Why is the husband—who said he hated both the Emperor and the woman forced on him—acting like this?

“Who were you just talking to?”

“The local blacksmith?”

“As the Duke’s wife, do you think it’s appropriate to look at another man like that?”

“…What?”

And what’s with this handsome guy who’s not even my husband but a monster hunter living in the ducal estate? <<less

The Holy Kingdom of Robel, the homeland of holy knights and saintesses who specialize in subjugating monsters.... more>>

Among them, Ariel, a young lady known as a leech, has long pursued Lionel Frenderick, a candidate for the most precious holy knight and called the diamond of the Holy Kingdom.

Everyone thought she would follow him for the rest of her life.

“You liked me.”

“…….”

“You liked me so much that you even did those things.”

‘That's the problem.’

Until Ariel decided to cut ties with him and flee overseas after a few incidents.

“…I'm sorry, Lionel. This will never happen again.”

Ariel, who considered her time liking Lionel as a dark past and was trying to escape, and Lionel, who can no longer stand to see her run away.

In the end, Lionel resorts to belated schemes to keep her by his side. <<less