My child died.... more>>

The man who was both my first love and the father of my child was heartless to the very end.

"That child was a mistake from the very beginning."

My first marriage, which was filled with nothing but pain, ended with my death.

But in this second life, I made a vow.

'I’ll give birth to my daughter and leave. That’s all I need.'

To meet my child once more, however, I needed him.

“You’ll cling to me, even if you despise me to your very core.”

I have no intention of begging for your love again. Once I have my child, everything between us will be over.

—

"You... You’re not like this."

Arianna whispered, her voice trembling and her tears held back only by her bitten lip.

"My daughter isn’t your child. So why—"

“It doesn’t matter. She’s yours, isn’t she?"

His dark, lifeless teal eyes locked onto hers, burning with suffocating possessiveness as though he would consume her whole.

"You belong to me. And so does your child." <<less

“Seilia.”... more>>

“I don’t think we’re on terms to address each other like that, Your Majesty.”

This was their first conversation.

After ending things with Leo, who had betrayed her and had an affair with Princess Blair, this was their first exchange in a year.

She didn’t care why he spoke to her. It didn’t matter what his reason was.

“Please leave.”

Even as she spat out those words, trembling at the thought of being in the same space as him, the man simply stared at her without any intention of leaving.

“If you don’t leave, Your Majesty, I will.”

Perhaps considering the last shred of goodwill she might have had, she intended to give a light farewell and leave, but he stopped her and finally spoke.

“I’m not finished talking yet.”

“Do we even have anything left to talk about?”

“Yes, I guess dragging this out is unpleasant for both of us.”

After finishing his sentence, Leo looked at Seilia with indifferent eyes and spoke again.

“Let me be straightforward. Marry me.”

It was a second proposal from the man who had abandoned her. <<less

“I have no intention of touching a woman. That applies even to my wife.”  ... more>>

Ryu Sung-woon, a man seeking a child through in vitro fertilization from his blind date partner. Instead, Su-hwa steps in for the woman who stormed out and offers him a contract marriage.  

“I’ll give birth to your child.”  

After five years, she reunites with her first love. But Sung-woon fails to recognize her—not even realizing she was the intruder who once climbed over the villa’s wall.  

However, on their wedding night, when she expects them to sleep in separate rooms, her husband climbs into her bed.  

“W-Why are you taking off your clothes?” 

"Then, do you prefer keeping them on, Ms. Song Su-hwa?"  

Sung-woon had even come out as a man who preferred men. He didn’t want to be with a woman, which was why he had insisted on in vitro fertilization. So why…?  

“What’s the problem? You said you’d bear my child. It was clearly stipulated in the prenuptial contract and notarized, wasn’t it?”  

Looking into his wife’s wide, startled eyes, Sung-woon smirked in satisfaction. The intruder who had once made him question his own s*xual orientation had walked right into his life.   

How could he have forgotten those dark, pebble-like eyes? He had imagined kissing her countless times.  

“I won’t let you slip away a second time.”  

It seems my preference has always been the same. Back then and now, it’s still you.   <<less

A barren, sick hen. A phoenix with clipped wings.... more>>

Everyone in the palace mocked the empress openly, without a shred of respect or fear.

The Emperor merely turned a blind eye — no, he laughed.

“Even the Empress’s hands are pitifully unsightly.”

***

“Your Majesty, I beg you, please send a royal physician to my father!”

“The Empress has broken royal decree by speaking without my permission. Strike her face twenty times.”

The only thing the desperate Empress had left was her life.

In exchange for a physician for her father, she slit her own throat.

The Emperor screamed.

“Seol Bu-yeong! Who said you could die as you please?!”

The Empress couldn’t make sense of the Emperor’s cries.

Why are you crying?

I thought you’d be pleased if I died.

***

In the end, unable to die, the Empress opened her eyes once more.

She had made up her mind.

She would pretend to have lost her memory and act like the woman the Emperor once loved.

“Empress, let’s end this act. It’s revolting to watch.”

“I am not the Empress! I am Bu-yeong, daughter of Seol Ik-jin!”

I’ll throw you into the deepest depths of despair.

Even if it means forgetting you.

Even if it means forgetting myself. <<less

A Man Consumed by Beauty... more>>

Mikhail Ophilenz, the most powerful man in the kingdom, a collector obsessed with beautiful things.

And before him appears Oliver Enel—a boy who is not just beautiful but excessively so.

The boy’s beauty was as practical as it was captivating.

For instance, he could serve as a toy to distract the mad Princess Isabella, whose obsessive fixation on Mikhail had become a problem.

“Do whatever you must to imitate me in front of the princess. Her taste? It’s simple—she only wants me.”

But this plan hinged on one key condition: that Oliver was a real boy.

Mikhail brushed his now-roughened cheek with his hand.

Oliver’s clever little lie had managed to fool not only the royal family but Mikhail himself.

* * *

“Repay me.”

The words came out sharp and venomous as Mikhail addressed the powerless woman, pinned beneath him and unable to even draw breath.

“And live. Stay by my side. Pay me back as long as you live.”

Her dazed blue eyes, wide with shock, reflected the maddened golden gaze of an angel who had fallen into obsession.

“I’m a man of greed. Live. Be a man by day and a woman by night. For the crime of deceiving me, you’ll pay—and I’ll ensure it, even if I have to kill you in the end.”

His eyes, feral and predatory, were utterly at odds with the refined image of the Duke of Ophilenz. <<less

Theodore Valencia.... more>>

The moment our eyes met, I felt a strong urge to do anything for that child.

The child would always hide and cry, so I wanted to make him smile.

He said he wanted nothing, so I gave him everything I could.

People said it would be hard to marry the boy because I had nothing to my name,

so I went to war, earned merits, and became a hero.

Looking at the despondent boy, Leiana made a vow.

She would make that boy smile, no matter what.

But tragically, in the last war, despite promising to return alive,

I ended up dying irresponsibly.

* * *

After my death, I opened my eyes in another person’s body. It was all so absurd.

Coming back to life was shocking enough, but the family of this body seemed hell-bent on killing me.

And if I were to choose the most absurd thing, it would be this woman’s name.

Theia Valencia.

Not only had I awakened 15 years after my death,

but I had also somehow become the wife of my young fiancé. <<less

How did everything get so twisted?... more>>

“I do everything you ask, right? No one suits you better than me. I’m exactly your type, Temia.”

Those words came not from just anyone, but from Lowell—her best friend’s fiancé.

A cruel man who, in the past, led a rebellion, caused her friend’s death, burned the kingdom to the ground, and even threatened her own life.

“If I could just turn back time once, I would have saved you from this madman…”

That’s why, in this life, she was determined to ruin their engagement, sabotage the man’s ambitions, and finally live in peace.

But how did it all become so tangled again?

Whether he knew her inner turmoil or not, the man continued:

“If you disappear again, I’ll make sure you can’t escape next time—so be prepared.” <<less

“Unless Your Majesty speaks, it is difficult for me to understand your intentions.”... more>>

The only legitimate princess of the Celesta Royal Family, Lenoa.

Successfully ascended the throne as the new queen by pushing aside Grand Duke Kairan Blandi, who challenged her for the throne.

But…….

"From today, I appoint Grand Duke Kairan Blandi as my secretary."

"...I will honor the wishes of my beloved Queen."

Was it a mistake to take him in as a secretary?

Kairan, who persistently clings to her under the guise of being her secretary, is nothing but a burden.

"I've had enough of you ignoring me all day."

"Who am I to you, Your Majesty? As I mentioned earlier, I am the person closest to you."

"Please refrain from avoiding me without reason."

The suspicious secretary, Grand Duke Kairan Blandi, who constantly interferes in even the smallest, most personal matters.

To Lenoa, who aspires to become the 'perfect queen' better than any male king,

Is Kairan a reliable ally, or an obstacle?

"Please, call me Kairan, just once."

"Ah..."

"I have always wanted to be addressed this way by you, Your Majesty."

"...Do you have no reason?"

“You took all my reason away. My queen... my Lenoa."

What touched Lenoa's slender ring finger was a kiss of submission.

A fervent vow of absolute obedience, pledging to joyfully offer everything to her.

This burning emotion that feels like it could scorch her hand, is it truly the loyalty of a secretary? <<less

She was the Diamond of the Empire, and the Beau Monde’s China doll.... more>>

‘Dolores Rochester’ believed she’d everything in life. Perfect looks, men who’d do anything to catch her eye, and a loving crown prince husband.

“Dolly…you dared to marry me knowing you were barren?”

But her perfect life was instantly ruined by just one flaw. Her loving husband took the child he bore with her cousin as his heir, and her family left her to suffer.

It was only after miraculously regressing to the time before her marriage did she realise. One mistake was enough. She didn’t need any more futile love.

‘All that remains is a calm and perfect revenge.’

And so, this time, Dolores chose her husband’s half brother. The beast of the empire, ‘Grand Duke Lesrexion Lancaster.’ With their marriage of convenience, the two of them would obtain everything they desired.

However.

“Oh, I’d like to add one more condition to the contract, Your Highness.”

“What more could there be?”

“Don’t fall in love with me.”

“Seems like this China doll has big dreams, Dolly.”

This contract marriage wasn’t going to be easy.

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Eating Disorder
Body Dysmorphia <<less

Lucia was a charming character.... more>>

She was beautiful, elegant, alluring, and noble.

She was perfect.

Except for one thing, excluding her position as a villainess.

She was in the role of the antagonist, tormenting the female lead and trying to possess the male lead in the novel.

As a result, she eventually meets her demise at the hands of the male lead’s anger.

Everything about Lucia was perfect, but it was hard to understand why she would be infatuated with the male lead.

Until I became him.

* * *

“…Indeed.”

He was disgustingly handsome.

Enough to drive Lucia crazy with desire.

As I gazed intently into the mirror, I turned to the maid and asked.

“So, Lady Edelte sent an invitation?”

“Yes. Although I mentioned that Your Highness might not attend, she insisted that we receive it. Shall I burn it?”

“No, it’s fine. I’ll see it for myself.”

I don’t know how things ended up like this.

Since I’ve entered the novel, might as well meet the favorite character, right? <<less

Possessed as the villain of a romance fantasy novel that has entered a long hiatus.... more>>

It’s a shame that she was possessed by an evil woman, but she has to die as an evil woman before she can go to the original world.

Yes, that’s a villain! Isn’t it okay to commit evil deeds as per the novel?

Strangely, however, I was becoming a saint instead of a villain.

But why! Every evil I have done is a woman’s sin!

Please return me to the original world!! <<less

The Crown Princess who loves the Crown Prince. At least, that never applied to us. The Crown Prince wanted nothing more than a puppet princess, and he never loved me.... more>>

"Who is that woman?"

How did it feel to see the person you loved holding another woman in his arms one day?

"Helen."

He smiled at her—a smile he had never once shown me.

No, perhaps it would have been better if it had stopped there.

"How utterly pathetic."

"Your Highness, could it be that you're jealous of me?"

The Crown Prince of the Empire and Helen, who stood by his side, smiling at me. I endured countless stares as the unloved, puppet Crown Princess. In the end, I took my own life in the dead of night, with my own hands.

And yet...

"Miss, are you all right?"

I’m back.

For some reason, I had returned to five years ago. Confused by the absurdity of the situation, my turmoil didn’t last long.

"I will never repeat my past life."

So now—

"I refuse."

Please, Your Highness, stay away from me this time. <<less

I was possessed by Avery Grand, the count’s daughter, in a thriller novel where a series of mu*ders take place.... more>>

I don’t even remember the novel, but forget that. I will enjoy this peace and abundance!

That’s what I decided... but...

Was I the first victim of the serial killings?

And to make it worse, I became a ghost while in a coma?

With things like this, time to change plans! I’m going to solve this serial mu*der case myself!

So, I head to find the male lead of the novel, Karl Graham, who can see ghosts...

"Duke."

"...."

"Excuse me."

"...."

"Hey."

This cold-hearted man is really treating her like a 'ghost'!

This level of ignoring me is on another level.

Ignore me all you want. I won’t leave your side!

* * *

After sticking by his side relentlessly for months,

I managed to get a clue about the culprit of the serial mu*ders and even identified the next victim.

But then...

"Duke, by any chance...."

"...."

"Do you like me?"

"Yes."

This was something I never saw coming. <<less

“From today onwards, the sinner’s statuses will be stripped, and his female ward will live as a low-leveled maid at the Royal Palace.”... more>>

Stellen Kingdom, Ayla Serdian who was the daughter of the most reputed Count.

Because of her father’s embezzlement of a national treasure, she lost her noble status overnight and became a maid at the royal palace.

A man approaches her. Theon Ennedi, the grandson of the King of the Stellen Kingdom.

“If you ever eavesdrop again on the royal family, you won’t come out unscathed.”

He, who was cold at first, says something unexpected.

“If you tell me to stop… I won’t push it.”

Soon the distance between them slowly shrunk, enough for their lips to touch. The light mint scent coining from him tickled Ayla’s nose. As Theon’s unusually rough breath caressed her forehead, her whole body tensed up, holding her gasp.

“I wish you would look at me.”

“…”

“If you don’t like it, I will stop.”

Her reason was telling her to refuse him. But under the control of Theon’s voice, asking for her permission as if taming her, the words hardly came out. “I do not… hate it.” <<less

Yuria was just a fleeting extra in a novel. No one would have even spotted her in the novel itself.... more>>

But all of a sudden, she became the mother of the strongest villain after she accidentally adopted him.

And that son…

“Just because you’re my father doesn’t mean you’re my mother’s husband. We’re connected just because of blood. Don’t even think of becoming my mother’s husband.”

His father didn’t even appear in the novel, but this son of hers grew up so wonderfully that he knew how to threaten his father. <<less

He stood by his almost dead lover and longed for her like a broken man. ... more>>

She was someone under the pretext of being his ‘friend’.

The moment Elsia thought she had finally opened up Ian’s heart…….

‘She’ came back.

It was painful to see the back of a man who was willing to let go of a friend’s hand just to run toward his old lover.

“Ian, I have loved you for a long time. I’ve never thought of you as a friend, ever since the beginning. It’s been like that all year round.”

Since they will never see each other again, Elsia was able to run away after throwing her painful confession for the first and last time.

By the way….

He said that he had struggled to find Elsia, who had given up on her long unrequited love and ran away from him.

“Elsie…….”

“Stop! Don’t call my name!”

She screamed out loud enough to surprise even herself and immediately felt that distant feeling of emptiness.

The moment she heard Ian’s voice, which she had been desperately trying to forget, she realized that she had not yet given up on her tormenting unrequited love.

To her, he was her first love, her last love, and the only one who had her eternal love engraved on her chest like a brand.

Ian said to Elsia, who was trying to reject him with all her might.

“It must have been our destiny since you came to Eusley Castle to wake me up. The rest of my time will be spent by looking at you wherever you are. Right here, Ian Cypris swears to Elsia Bennett.”

Then, Elsia’s heart began pounding again. <<less

Carmen Lacita was evil.... more>>

She had come to realize that after talking to the people around her.

"Yes, I did it on the order of Lady Lacita."

“Diana Columbrie, Duchess of Whales, will not be able to lift her head after this evening.”

It would have been nice if she could simply live a carefree life, but she was the villainess who had tormented the heroine.

“You and I can’t coexist. And that’s the path that you, not I, chose. So don’t ever deny it. All that you’ve ever cared about was what benefits you.”

The heroine was trying to take revenge against the villainess.

But somehow she was the evil one!? <<less

"I like someone else." ... more>>

She'd confessed her feelings for the first time at twenty, only to hear a heartbreaking response. Her first boyfriend, first love, first kiss—all with a guy who thought dating someone inexperienced was too much of a burden. Still, she couldn’t get Dohwan out of her mind. Falling in love at first sight blinds you to everything else; that person becomes your whole world, leaving you helpless.

Then, in an instant, her world changed.

"You still like me, don’t you?"

"Why would you even ask that? Are you trying to mess with me?"

"I need to know if I can kiss you."

"W-what did you just say?"

"If I tried to kiss you, would you stop me?"

"…Yes."

"Why? You just said you wanted to."

There was one thing she knew for sure: kissing him right now would be a mistake.

"Guys don’t like girls who can’t kiss…"

But before she could finish, her words disappeared as his lips claimed hers. <<less