Haughty Regret

A woman like you doesn’t belong by my side.
Stella Ambrose — a pure-hearted woman whose first and only love has always been the same man.

For over ten years, she has quietly cherished him in her heart.

One day, that man finally returns to the capital after a decade away.
By chance, while Stella is praying, she encounters the duke himself.

However, his eyes are filled with contempt.
Wounded, Stella decides it’s time to let go of her long, unrequited love.

But suddenly, due to her family’s crushing debt,
she ends up entering into a contract marriage with the very same duke…