Eun Ri-Hwa (은리화)

Ciel wakes up in a novel as the villainess who torments her adopted sister and the female lead, Clara, until she’s executed for her misdeeds. Determined to avoid this fate, she becomes the sweetest sister, doing anything for Clara’s happiness. But to her surprise, her efforts end up altering the plot, eventually leading Prince Alex, the male lead, to propose to her instead of Clara! Will accepting his proposal bring Ciel the happy ending she desires? Or will it only bring her greater challenges?

"I need a fake fiancé to protect me!" After her mother's death, Elladis (Ella) had fallen from her father's favor and was reduced to being a maid under the abuse of her stepmother and sisters. But her stepmother wasn't satisfied to treat Ella as her maid, so she forced her to marry a gambling-crazy Viscount. The only pleasure for Ella, who lives a difficult life, was the country's hero, Archduke Wellington. Ella goes through each day memorizing anything about Archduke Wellington. However, the Viscount, who is her husband only in name, sells Ella to pay his gambling debts. However, Ella, who runs away with the intention of dying, somehow returns to the age of 18 after a desperate wish. The opportunity came once again like a miracle! She decided not to live the way she used to until she inherited her mother's legacy and chose to entrust herself to Archduke Wellington. "Please save me from this house." "What can I get in return for saving you?" "I'll be your fake fiancée." What will be the conclusion of Ella's bold choice, who proposes a contractual engagement to Archduke Wellington using the information she knows from her previous life as bait?

Male lead, why are you proposing to the villainess and not the heroine? Having the strongest man in the empire as her father, the most beautiful woman as her mother, and three arrogant brothers, she had immense beauty, power, and irreducible wealth. I came to possess the villainess who had all these things in a romance novel: “Ciel Valentine.” In the original novel, the heroine was the adopted sister of Ciel, who had an unrequited love for the prince who loved her sister. Blinded by jealousy, Ciel harassed the heroine and was consequently executed by the male lead. Being jealous and tormenting others caused my downfall, so I tried to matchmake my sister and the male lead… “Please marry me, Lady Ciel.” Male lead, why are you proposing to me?