Synopsis: The Stepmother Has Left

“If I suddenly pass away... can I ask you to look after my family?”For the sake of my beloved best friend, I married her husband. It was the final wish left behind by the only best friend I had in this world. To protect the two children she left behind, I became their “stepmother.”Enduring the hatred of a son who detested me and the judgmental glares of everyone around me, I spent seven years in a contractual marriage just to keep that promise to my friend. Then, the very day the children reached adulthood, I left them behind without a single shred of regret, exactly as planned.Just as I was about to begin my fresh, second life as an independent woman, people I never expected began appearing before me. The third prince who vanished into thin air seven years ago, the first love I could never bring myself to forget, and now—even my ex-husband and stepsons, who have suddenly started to regret everything...! +