Breaking the Engagement, My Stepfather Wants Me Back

Taken in by an aristocratic patriarch following her mother's passing, an orphaned young woman develops a secret, agonizing infatuation with her aloof guardian. Believing she is merely an inconvenient bargaining chip, her guardian abruptly thrusts her into an arranged marriage with an influential rival clan to shield her from mortal danger. Wounded by his apparent callousness and weary of society gossip, she resolves to break her chains and vanish completely. Yet whenever perilous threats surround her, the powerful patriarch breaks his cold facade, tearing through high-stakes conspiracies to prove she was never an expendable ward.