A pure love story that starts with a reunion with someone she admired...
New employee Hanao Arikawa has someone she admires. That person is former model and charismatic company president Ryoichi Ikeuchi. She's happy just to be able to work close to him... or so she thought, but soon after joining the company, they unexpectedly become close! Ryoichi is touched by Hanao's simple and earnest personality. He can't help but pay attention to her. Meanwhile, there's something Hanao really wants to tell Ryoichi... "Ryo, I've met you before."
In noble society, while most people care more about house or status than love when seeking a partner, this couldn't be any less the case for Grace Shellgrave, the daughter of a marquis with memories of a troubled past life. Seeking a true connection with someone who feels the same way, she attends a masquerade ball in secret. After spending a romantic night with Alan, a man who seems to share the same values, she soon finds out she's become pregnant... and to make matters worse, Alan is actually the heir to House Ward, the sworn arch-enemy of the Shellgraves! Alan aggressively pursues Grace, but she refuses to let her baby become a pawn for another typical noble. Does he just want an heir? Or could it actually be... love? Two equally awkward opposites attract in this aristocratic love story!
"What do you say, Henrietta? Will you serve our kingdom not as its queen, but as the leading mistress of my harem?" One day, Prince Georges came to his betrothed Henrietta with that as a suggestion. It goes without saying that the engagement was broken off. Finally things can calm down... or so Henrietta thought until she received a new letter from her aunt. She is now tasked with going to meet with the current king's much younger brother, Lord Richard, and find some way to seduce him. From what people seem to know, he is an eccentric sort of man who loves to paint and stays cooped up in his manor in the countryside. However, the man Henrietta has been tasked with seducing is actually a handsome charmer himself...?!
Carole has a burn scar on her face from an accident that happened during her childhood. Saying that she is ugly, her family looks down on her and treats her like a servant. One day, when she slips and bumps her head, she regains her memory from her past life. Carole remembers that she was a beauty consultant, an expert on makeup and beauty. Using her knowledge on beauty, she begins to turn her miserable life around!
Yukari Fuyuno thirty years old, hard-working, and career oriented. She has a reputation at work for being a perfect person with good looks and work ethic, but she's troubled with the fact that she tends to conform to other's expectations to not disappoint them. She has been dating Wada, her boyfriend of 5 years, and was on the verge of getting married until one day out of the blue, he dumps her and says he has a new girlfriend. Down in the dumps, Yukari heads to a restaurant and witnesses some love troubles between two workers. On her way home, she sees the same man that was caught in the tiff earlier. Yukari unexpectedly starts a conversation with him and finds out his name is Ayato. He believes he has no substance, and to hide that, he tries to be nice to everyone, but that just gets him in trouble. Yukari, still worried about Ayato, tells him about a bathhouse since he's still covered in soup that the girl dumped on him. After cleaning himself up, Yukari realizes just how good-looking Ayato is, and understands why he's so popular with the ladies. Yukari also realizes they have a common problem: they both want people to see the real them, and it's the inside that counts! Yukari then proposes that they work together to help improve one another...!
"I'll get you the dress you deserve!" Kanade was born into a banking family, but is treated like a servant by her sister due to her being the daughter of their father's previous wife. Just as she wishes to be free, she is forced to marry Yukito, the president of a company that is rumored to be a cold-hearted man... instead of her sister! Without anyone to support her at her wedding, Kanade is the target of ridicule when her sister stains her wedding dress. However, could the man she's marrying be hiding a different side behind his icy exterior? Yukito helps Kanade transform into a beautiful new woman and the scene at the ceremony completely changes...! After a lifetime of being unloved, Kanade's journey is now starting to blossom.
After losing her parents at a young age, Yae Sachiyama was taken in by her uncle. Since then, she's been living under his roof while he and his wife drain her of both freedom and money. The only place she can truly relax is at her workplace, Kuga Industries. There, she quietly harbors feelings for the CEO, Tomomitsu. Because of her difficult home life, however, she can't bring herself to tell him. Her feelings for Tomomitsu only grow stronger with each small act of kindness he shows her.
But one day, when Yae returns home from work, her cousin's attitude suddenly takes a strange turn and she finds herself pushed further into a corner...
The story of a sweet but complicated marriage, born from a life of mistreatment.
Lady Carolina Sanchez has spent her entire life believing she is the "Sanchez family disgrace," a notion constantly reinforced by her elder sister, Flora. In public, Flora is a model of kindness and gentility, always coming to her baby sister's defense...but behind closed doors, she heaps a*use on Carolina, leveraging Carolina's perceived shortcomings to suit her own ends. When Carolina is sent to the neighboring Malcosian Empire for a political marriage to Prince Edward Ruby Martinez, she expects to disappoint her new family too. But, to her surprise, her husband-to-be and her new in-laws seem to genuinely adore her! Can Carolina escape the anguish of her past and rise to the occasion as Edward's imperial consort? She just might, especially if she's not quite as powerless as she assumed...
Ryo, my husband of six months, has become distant lately. Every time I speak to him, he seems irritated and responds with sharp words. Our strained relationship has taken a significant mental toll on me, but thankfully, I can lean on my best friend Miku. She's someone truly precious whom I trust and can confide in about anything. One day,I decide to surprise Miku with a visit, only to find my husband's car parked outside her apartment. He'd told me he was heading out for golf with his boss early that morning, but it turns out he was lying. The truth? He's been sleeping with my best friend behind my back! And as if that weren't enough,he showers her with affection he never shows me while also trash-talking me. As I grapple with my disbelief, a dark resolve forms within me, urging me to get rid of both my husband and best friend.
Falsely accused of a crime she didn't commit, Angelique is cast aside by the second prince. The cherry on top? Now she has to marry a poor count in a remote parcel of the kingdom. What she finds there is shocking: abject poverty and a strikingly handsome count?!
I'm fed up with love and marriage... But, my body still has cravings... Akira Yamase (32), divorced. She came back to her hometown after her divorce, but she's tired of the rural social relationships that keep butting into her private life. One day, Mori (36) who moved in thanks to the test residency program appeared in the supermarket she works for. The villagers were spreading bad rumors about him walking around town with untidy clothes and messy long hair. Asked to deliver products, Akira carries them into his house. Being close with a man for the first time in a long time, she gets self-conscious and fantasies herself opening her body to him...
"I would like for us to be friends... perhaps even lovers?" "Wh-... a noblewoman shouldn't say such things...!" The noble daughter of duke Giljester, Velarde, has drawn in and formed an alliance with Noin, an assassin targeting her father. With memories of her past life driving her to wear the mask of a villainess, Velarde is set on finding a way to be free of the antiquated responsibilities thrusted onto women in this world. Noin, finding himself drawn to this unique girl, allows himself to be placed under her influence. Can the two of them attain freedom from the powers that be and find the revenge that Velarde craves for her brother and father? And what of the feelings Noin may have for her...?!
Saint Blanche continued to fulfill her duty as the Saint, even while being oppressed by her fiance, Georg, the prince of the neighboring country. However, she was suddenly told that her engagement was canceled-because Georg had found the "true" Saint-and exiled Blanche from the country.
Blanche returned to her hometown, but... her worried brother suggested that she make a fake engagement with her childhood friend, Raymond. Suddenly turning into a C childhood crush to a fiance, Blanche is constantly flustered by Raymond. A love fantasy of unrequited love begins to unfold from their fake engagement!
My best friend and my boyfriend may have betrayed me, but somehow, I managed to turn my entire life around with the help of a hot CEO?! Koharu, an office worker, has been dating her boyfriend for almost two years and is expecting a proposal any day now. Her best friend and coworker assures her that their upcoming anniversary will be an unforgettable memory... or so she claims. However, on the day of her date, Koharu accidentally crashes an engagement party for none other than her boyfriend and her best friend! Her boyfriend accuses her of lies she doesn't even remember, and she's surrounded by icy glares from every direction. With no one to turn to, the person who comes to her rescue is none other than a handsome CEO, a client from her dinner event. Why is he saying that he was about to ask her out?! Suddenly, she's whisked away from the depths of despair and into a brand-new life...!
I'm sure I would have loved him even if I knew about our difference in social statuses...
Suzu, who helps sell rice balls at her mother's shop, is passive when it comes to romance and has never had a relationship despite being twenty-six. However, she's immediately attracted to Shinji when she meets him at the park. Shinji becomes a regular customer and they start dating with the intent to get married. Yet even as they grow closer, Shinji never tells Suzu about his work or family. Just as Suzu begins to feel uneasy, she finds out that Shinji is the vice president of the large company where she will be working. Then she hears from her coworkers that he has a fiancee...
Reincarnated into a world of dual monarchies, former teacher Mito is destined to become a princess. But the school for brides-to-be becomes a gilded cage when she catches the eye of the wrong man: the Black Prince Dian. Their connection is undeniable, even as they both have their own brides-to-be. As their secret trysts intensify, the White Prince, Heal, grows suspicious-and his obsession takes a coercive turn. Caught between two powerful rulers and a destiny she never asked for, which king will Mito choose to serve?
"But she's mine, isn't she?" My girlfriend was supposed to love me, and only me, but somehow, she found happiness with another man. Taichi is your average office worker who's been dating his girlfriend for five years, ever since they were in college. He has no doubt that Mirei loves him, but when she hints at marriage, he brushes it off, instead wanting to use her as someone convenient to do his housework and take care of his needs. However, he soon becomes infatuated with Hinako, a bright and beautiful girl he met at a mixer. Then, while on a date with Hinako, he sees Mirei with a handsome man he's never seen before. Could it be that he was the one who got dumped...?
Please fulfill your end of our bargain, my Grace! Liscia, ab*sed day and night by her stepmother, wishes for nothing but freedom. One day, she receives a shocking proposal for marriage from none other than a well-known, handsome noble, Duke Lindberd. Upon discussing his intentions, Liscia realizes that he's planning to have a fake wedding with someone who will not interfere with his privacy, just to get people off his back. Liscia agrees to marry him under one condition: Promise her a life with bare necessities, including three meals daily and a nap time! And now, let this be the first page of the duchess' diary of struggles, fighting for a life where she just wants to eat and sleep!
Aoi, a part-time housewife stuck in a passionless marriage, one day stumbles upon her husband's, Kazuhisa, secret social media account. Suspecting an affair, she decides to uncover the truth by meeting him disguised as "Mitsuba." To her shock, not only does Kazuhisa fail to recognize her, he also begins to flirt intensely with "Mitsuba"!Distrustful yet curious, Aoi is taken aback by how unexpectedly comfortable it feels to spend time with her husband again. As the night wears on, the two end up at a love hotel together."Tonight, I'm not 'Aoi'. I'm a different person." Caught between suspicion and rekindled feelings, their tangled emotions as husband and wife begin to collide!
Charlotte, a daughter of a poor baron, meets Duke Christopher Kirk on the day of her social debut. He takes a liking to her and appoints her as the caretaker of a cat.