About

People envied and respected our family for our wealth and noble status. Born as the only daughter of such a household, I lived a happy life under my kind and brilliant parents, wanting for nothing. However, that happiness vanished when I turned seven. My mother, who had always been frail, passed away from an incurable disease, leaving my father and me behind. Not long after, my father brought in a stepmother and her children. They were kind to me only in front of my father; the moment he turned his back, they bullied and tormented me. When even my father—my only support—went missing during a business trip when I was nine, they showed their true colors. She had married my father solely to seize the family title, and she proceeded to squander the estate and all its assets on luxury. Because of her, my warm and magnificent family home was ruined in an instant. The stepmother's abuse and the siblings' harassment continued for years. Unable to endure it any longer, I finally decided to run away to sever ties with them forever. At dawn, while everyone in the mansion was asleep, I packed my bags, slipped out quietly, and took a train to the capital. My plan was to find work, earn money, and live a peaceful, safe life. But from the moment I met that man, my plans began to veer in an unexpected direction. --- Setting: 1930s London, England