Shinjitsu No Ai Wo Koshaku to / Original Title: DUCHESS of MY HEART (Mug No Rear Romance)

[Machine Translation] Gillian lost her husband, the Earl of Penrhos, in a ship capsizing less than a year after their marriage. The accident was a moment of freedom and liberation from the nightmares she had suffered at the hands of her husband, who had treated her terribly. Determined not to mourn even in death, Gillian often shows up at balls with her best friend Caisse, the brother of Justin, the 8th Duke of Whittington. Meanwhile, the social circles, unaware of the reason, are abuzz with scandal about Gillian. Justin, too, believes that Gillian is seducing his brother, Kacee, and tries to meet her in person to complain...

結婚して1年も経たずに船の転覆事故で夫・ペンロス伯爵を亡くしたジリアン。その事故は、夫から数々の酷い仕打ちを受けていた彼女にとって、悪夢からの解放と自由を手にした瞬間だった。死んでも喪に服さない、そんな決意を固めていたジリアンは、第八代目ホイッティントン公爵・ジャスティンの弟で親友のケイスと共に、度々舞踏会に姿を見せていた。一方、理由を知らない社交界は、ジリアンのスキャンダルで持ちきり。ジャスティンもジリアンが弟のケイスを誑かしていると思い込み、直接彼女に会い文句を言おうとしたが...。