Because of the deadly plague sweeping through the imperial capital, Lady Fiamma—once a proud count’s daughter—loses both her family and her noble title. Two years later, a miracle cure is finally developed, but it comes just one step too late. Fiamma dies with bitter regret in her heart. “If only we had allied with the Cornaro family, maybe everyone could have been saved…” When she opens her eyes again, she finds herself two years in the past, at age eighteen. Determined to change fate and protect her loved ones, Fiamma resolves to do the unthinkable: marry Alphond, the cold, calculating heir of her family’s enemies. “I love you,” she declares. What starts as a dangerous ploy and a false marriage soon turns into something unexpected… Fiamma is shaken by the overwhelming affection of the supposedly heartless duke.