In her first life, Cecilia Vail devoted herself to Fourth Prince Lysander, only to die heartbroken after years of neglect. Reborn before their marriage, she vows to avoid him and chooses the seemingly honorable scholar Cedric March, while Lysander—haunted by the same tragic past—fights to protect her from court conspiracies and win back her trust. When Cedric’s hidden wife and murder plot are exposed at the altar, Cecilia ends the sham wedding and finally confronts the love she thought she had left behind.