Cold marble hallways, dusty ledgers, and the suffocating scent of cheap ink and sealing wax. The grand estate is nothing but a hollow shell, stripped bare to pay off a mountain of family debt. High society has no mercy for ruined nobility, and the vultures are already circling the carcass of a once-proud household. To the greedy relatives holding the keys, a young, desperate woman is not family—she is a valuable piece of collateral, ready to be traded to the highest bidder.

Left with nothing but her late parents' liabilities, Lady Vanessa faces a grim future: being sold off as a fresh bride to an aging, decrepit earl. Her uncle has already signed the papers, sealing her fate in a miserable marriage of convenience. Fleeing the trap of an arranged marriage, her bid for escape unfolds in a dramatic manhwa where reputation is the ultimate weapon. Her plan is simple yet terrifying: she must orchestrate a ruinous scandal. In a world where a noblewoman's virtue is her only currency, how far will she go to spark a gossip firestorm so intense that even her greedy uncle cannot force the match?

romance, drama, historical, nobility, marriage of convenience, scandal, betrayal, family drama, survival, aristocrats

Also known as: Oworui Jeongwon, 오월의 정원.