Itsuwari No Kekkon Yubiwa / Original Title: WIFE by AGREEMENT (Harlequin SP Bunko)

[Machine Translation] Hannah, a nanny, became the wife of her employer, Ethan. After the death of his ex-wife, he saw his young children open their hearts to Hana and asked her to marry him for the sake of his own children. Hana, who had been secretly in love with Ethan and had been alone in her whole life, accepted his proposal, hiding her broken heart from him. However, even after a year, Hana was still nothing more than a babysitter to him, and when he could no longer stand the loneliness, an incident occurred. On her way home at night, Hana was nearly attacked by a man. Ethan looked at her for the first time in her tattered state.

子守りのハナは、雇い主のイーサンの妻になった。前妻を亡くした彼は、幼い子どもたちがハナに心を開くのを見て、我が子のために形だけの結婚を申し込んだのだ。天涯孤独の身の上で、ひそかにイーサンに恋していたハナは、傷ついた心をひた隠してその申し出を受け入れた。ところが、1年たっても彼にとってハナはただの子守り―孤独に耐えられなくなってきたとき、事件は起こった。ハナが夜、自宅に帰る途中、男性に襲われかけたのだ。ぼろぼろの姿の彼女に、イーサンは初めて目を向けた。