Its So Easy to Avoid Death by Being a Stepmother

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I opened my eyes inside the novel I had been reading—right after the oven I was using exploded, killing me along with my father, a violent abuser who had come to see me. “Sorry… I’m sorry. Uh… Money. Oh, I’m not in pain.” I reincarnated as Ruella, the villainous stepmother who abused the male lead, Hirah, during his childhood—and who was later executed by Hirah himself after he returned as emperor! Determined to change the story, I seek out Duke Lasias Weffer, Hirah’s godfather in the original plot, and propose a contract marriage so that Hirah can leave his abusive household and finally be happy. “Can't we get married for real instead of just a contract?” “Can I sleep in your room, Mom?” What was supposed to be a one-year arrangement turns complicated as both the duke and Hirah start becoming dangerously attached to me…