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A scheming young master × A resilient woman who won’t be broken by adversity. An unexpectedly sweet fake engagement that started with a lie!
That day, Alice Shirotsuki reached the peak of despair in her twenty-six years of life. The reason was commonplace – her fiancé’s infidelity.
But then…
“Miss Shirotsuki, what Saito-kun told me was true after all.”
“Excuse me?”
“The story about you stalking Saito-kun.”
Me, stalking him!? He had been constantly asking me for money, and I gave it to him without thinking too deeply since we were getting married.
“Apparently, ever since he joined the company, no matter how many times Saito-kun refused relationships saying ‘I have a girlfriend,’ you persistently pressured him with ‘Since we’re long-distance, you can play around a little and no one will know.’ And recently, you’ve been insisting ‘We don’t have to go to hotels, just having meals together is enough,’ making him treat you repeatedly and spend quite a lot of money?”
Her fiancé, who had told Alice “Let’s keep our relationship secret from everyone for now.” had meticulously spread false rumors throughout the company.
So that no one would listen to Alice’s side of the story. If things continued like this, it would be absolutely hopeless. She had no choice but to quit the company.
Appearing before the despairing Alice was Umi Yumikura, a young elite from the founding family, with his prince-like character. (Even if I were to be trapped in a relationship, I would have accepted it if it were someone on Yumikura-san’s level…!)
Driven to desperation, Alice approached Umi and declared in a bright voice: “I’m not sure what this is about. I’m dating Yumikura-san with marriage in mind! We just discussed yesterday about registering our marriage on my birthday next month.”
It was a lie. She had reached her breaking point. She just wanted to indulge in the fantasy of having a handsome boyfriend at the end of her life!
Embracing such Alice, Umi also smiled and declared firmly: “Actually, that’s right. We are dating. Since this is a good opportunity, everyone should know about it.”
Huh… Whaaaaaat!?
What started as desperate lies and bluffing unexpectedly led to an engagement with the young master that she couldn’t back out from!?
