Abandoned on her wedding day, she had no choice but to marry the wastrel heir of a marquis's house.
After seven years lying low, the wastrel rose to become a powerful court official who held sway over the realm. She had a son and a daughter and secured her position as the marquis's principal wife.
Her former fiancé, who had fled their wedding, returned with his mistress and actually dared to demote her from wife to concubine?
She smiled faintly, bowed, and called him big brother. Her two children chirped out a greeting to their uncle.
The scoundrel's dignity crumbled on the spot, while her husband had long since cherished her as the apple of his eye.
