she died to escape him. now, she'll rise to destroy him.han sooyoung was trapped in a gilded hell, suffering endless betrayal and abuse from her powerful husband, lee jinwoo, until his cruelty cost her everything. granted an impossible second chance, she wakes five years in the past, back in his deceptive courtship.knowing his true, monstrous self, sooyoung must pretend to be his perfect fiancée, all while meticulously building a secret empire of wealth to fund her escape. but jinwoo's escalating violence threatens her plans, even as a dangerous attraction sparks with choi minjoon - her future husband's boss, who sees her truth.when minjoon's protective instincts ignite a brutal conflict with the enraged jinwoo, sooyoung finds herself at the center of a high-stakes war. will her desperate gamble for freedom lead to love, or drag them all back into the ashes of her past?