"Josephine, do you really think Bruno wants to marry you? He's just taking advantage of you to take down the regent!"

"You've been with the regent for a year. You're no longer innocent. How can you be worthy of Bruno?"

The sky was set ablaze with flames, turning the sky red.

The regent's manor, which had once been glorious, was now surrounded by soldiers.

Josephine Davidson was dressed in a long white dress. She stood in the garden of the regent's manor, looking blankly at the sky.

A woman's arrogant laughter sounded beside her.

"Are you surprised? Do you feel hurt? That's right! You deserve it! You are so stupid that you didn't even know we were using you!"

Josephine looked at the sky blankly as if she didn't hear the woman. Her eyes were empty and sad.

The woman, who had laughed at her mercilessly, was the daughter of her father's mistress, Claudia Davidson.

And the man she had mentioned was her fiance, Bruno Grant.

She met Bruno when she was twelve and fell in love with him at first sight.

Three years later, she was engaged at 15. It was supposed to be a beautiful story. However, several months before she married Bruno, the duke, Rupert Williams, sent someone to kidnap and imprison her.

Everyone knew that the regent, Rupert, was both capable and handsome.

Not only was he capable enough to govern the country, but he also had a handsome face that was incomparable to the people.

He was so powerful that even the monarch was wary of him. However, he fell in love with her. Ignoring the rumors, he decided to imprison her in his manor.

She had cried and made a fuss. She wanted nothing more but to escape his manor.

However, he doted on her, cared for her, and gave her all the beautiful things in the world. He did them to make her smile.

But she hated him!

She hated that Rupert had torn her and Bruno apart. She hated that he had ignored her wishes and forced her to stay by his side.

Therefore, when the daughter of her father's mistress came to her and said she would help her escape from Rupert's manor and reunite with Bruno, she seemed to have grabbed a life-saving straw and did not doubt her.

In the past year or so, Bruno had taken advantage of her to obtain plenty of information about Rupert.

Just like that, Rupert's authority as a regent slowly declined because of her. Now, they were surrounded by soldiers.

The regent's exquisite manor was surrounded and set ablaze.

At that moment, Claudia stood by the flames and looked at her arrogantly, mercilessly mocking her stupidity and despair.

Yes, she was so stupid that she couldn't see through Bruno's feelings for her.

She was stupid. She could not tell Claudia had loved Bruno for a long time. Claudia's help was just a trap she had set!

Now that the imperial decree had been issued, Rupert was fighting a losing battle.

"Sister, rest in peace." Claudia held the dagger and walked toward Josephine step by step.

Her eyes were vicious, and her smile was sinister. The dagger in her hand was gleaming with a cold and chilling light.

Josephine closed her eyes in despair as a sorrowful smile tugged at the corners of her lips.

She would want to apologize in person if there was a next life.

She would say, "I'm sorry, Rupert Williams."

Just as Claudia's dagger was about to pierce Josephine's chest, a long sword stained with blood suddenly flew past her and hit Claudia's wrist.

The dagger fell to the ground, and a tall figure proceeded to kick Claudia.

Claudia's soft screams sounded inside the fire, but Josephine ignored it.

She slowly opened her eyes and looked at the man covered in blood. Her eyes gradually became teary.

"Rupert... Why did you come here?"