The Hated Stepmother Begins a New Life

“If I suddenly die… could you take care of my family?” For the sake of my beloved best friend, I married her husband. It was the final wish left behind by my one and only friend in the world. To protect the two children she left behind, I became their “stepmother.” For seven years, I lived in a contract marriage to keep the promise I made to my friend, enduring the hatred of my adopted children and the accusing gazes of everyone around me. And on the day the children came of age, just as I had promised, I left them without a single regret. Just as I was about to begin a new life as a woman, unexpected people began appearing before me. The third prince, who suddenly disappeared seven years ago; my first love, whom I could never forget; and even my ex-husband and children, who have only now begun to regret everything…!