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On his deathbed, my husband, Edward Sterling, gripped my hand and pleaded earnestly, "If there were another choice, please spare me. Don't marry me again." I, Isabelle Hartwell, nodded through my tears, but in my heart, I was already plotting how to torment him for another time. Who would have thought that I would wake up one day to find myself back before the marriage? Looking at the room full of gifts Edward had sent, I couldn't help but laugh with delight. Now, not only did I not have to marry him, but I could also keep the money. What a perfect situation. Without hesitation, I packed everything up and, in a grand gesture, married the Duke, the very person Edward feared the most. This time around, I was the Duke's wife, someone Edward couldn't afford to provoke. Let's see how this played out.