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“Aella Blueanz, I will never call you fondly like I used to.”
That one cold remark from her husband, Kael, who had been her childhood friend for 20 years and was now bound to her in a political marriage, pierced Aella’s heart like a dagger.
Her precious childhood friend, the man she had loved so deeply, and the happy future she dreamed of with him had all turned into a nightmare because of her father’s endless greed.
Knowing that Kael had accepted the marriage to her, the daughter of his enemy, solely for revenge against the man who killed his father in order to seize the vast wealth of the duke’s family, Aella still quietly accepted this marriage destined to bring her nothing but misery.
Out of love for the man she adored and guilt toward his father.
Thus, Aella became the duchess, enduring the disdain of the duke’s household staff and the indifference of her husband.
Even so, Aella wanted to become the tool of revenge for the man she still loved.
Because that was the unchanging love she had for him, and the only way she could atone for her sins.
Then one day, Kael suffered a severe head injury after falling from a horse and hovered between life and death before regaining consciousness a week later.
The moment Aella sighed in relief at seeing her husband alive and well, she noticed a change in the way he looked at her.
The gaze that once treated her like she was invisible now seemed filled with affection, as if he were a man deeply in love.
“I heard you’re my wife.”
“…….”
“I don’t remember, but I feel like I must have loved you very much.”
Kael, who once despised his wife, had fallen in love with her.
Having lost only the memory of “Aella Blueanz,” the daughter of his enemy, he began to act differently.
“Did they dare to behave like this while I wasn’t around?”
He fired the staff who had treated the duchess with disrespect.
“Do you hate me, my lady?”
He expressed his disappointment.
“Don’t even make eye contact with other men besides me.”
He even started showing jealousy.
Although Aella was bewildered by the situation, she found herself wishing that Kael’s memory would never return, as he now called her affectionately “Ella,” just like before. Yet, the guilt weighed down on her, making her days even more agonizing.
For Aella, who lived every day oscillating between heaven and hell, the day she dreaded finally arrived.
When all of Kael’s memories returned, he became cold once again. But to protect him, now the sole survivor of her father’s schemes, Aella willingly sacrificed herself to shield him.
It was only then that Kael, consumed by regret, realized the truth.
What will remain at the end of this twisted tale of the duke and duchess?
