JIHA LEE

I possessed a character in the novel I’d been writing for nearly a year. About a wicked woman destined to die a horrible death within two years time. “Is this the price I have to pay for making my readers suffer?” And as for the male lead, he’s stuck rolling over and over like a hoop. For the welfare of my work, the poor male lead, and my own survival, I got a job at the mansion as a maid. But now… “Lady Laria is the best after all. I want you to be the madam of the Blackwell Archduchy.” “Laria is the best!” “Laria, aren’t you like my mother?” The entire archduchy household likes me. Even the Archduke himself. He performs all sorts of things… “The Lady and I are engaged.” We are? Since when? “My children and I need Lady Sherwood. I have no intention of letting her go.” What’s wrong with everyone all of a sudden? I’ve ended up just working for the welfare of the male lead.

A madman with a tragic childhood and a disease that brings on insanity, destined to fall obsessively in love with the saintess of the holy nation… This was the male lead of the melodramatic novel I wrote. He is also the very person who kills Laria Sherwood, the villainess I possessed, and whom I must stay away from to survive… or so I thought, until I saw the terrible reality I created. I suppose, as the author, it wouldn’t hurt to teach him how to love, then leave right when the female lead appears, right? But will it be as easy as I thought?

Duchess Chloé Battenberg is a spineless softy at the mercy of society snobs, disparaging servants, and a cold husband. When an office worker (and recovering pushover) awakens as Chloé, she can’t believe it. But she’s DONE with this pity party, so let's make it a tea party! Each cup is perfectly brewed to defeat prejudices and coffee-predilections—and served with a side of business savvy—but is it enough to stir her husband and bring Chloé the respect she deserves? Come spill the tea with Chloé!

When I opened my eyes I had become the duchess. But something isn’t right. I went as far as becoming a character but I’m just a duchess in name that gets mistreated by the maids and ignored by her husband. What a crappy life! Gosh, I don’t know what to do anymore. I’ll just quietly enjoy my tea, was what I thought. “Can you prepare tea for me again next time?” Something’s gone wrong with my cold husband!