Shelly runs away from home to escape an arranged marriage instead of her older sister to an old, powerful, rich man.

Her dad arranges a marriage for his daughter to a powerful family to get back up in business. But her stepmother argues to change her daughter to Shelly because according to them this is best for her future.

[The Duke of Rodriguez is looking for the Duke's lost sister.]

Shelly stared at the leaflet that John and Alice the bakery man and her wife brought with them in a hurry.

If it was the Duke of Rodriguez, wouldn't he be the richest man in the kingdom?

It was a noble family with a noble bloodline that would never get entangled with someone like Shelly for the rest of her life, since she was a commoner.

But the moment she saw the flyer that John had brought, Shelly changed her mind. If she does this well, she might end up fatefully entangled with Duke Rodriguez.

“The woman in this portrait. Shelly, doesn’t she look a lot like you?"

"I know……. Even I would be fooled.”

Shelly nodded slowly. The woman in the portrait in the leaflet really did look a lot like Shelly.

A young woman with dark black hair and amber-purple eyes was smiling brightly at Shelly.

The difference was that in the portrait, she was wearing a silk dress that resembled greenery. She also had a beautiful pearl necklace hung around her slender neck. In comparison, Shelly's outfit was nothing but rags.

Adwin Rodriguez, the former head of Duke Rodriguez, lost his beloved second wife and daughter 20 years ago in a carriage overturning accident.

It was said that his wife's body was found in the carriage, but his daughter disappeared without a trace, as if she had evaporated on the spot.

A huge number of soldiers were mobilized to search the area, but his lovely youngest daughter, sadly, disappeared forever.

Adwin tried for 20 years to find his missing daughter Helen, but it was all in vain.

Losing his precious youngest daughter, he grew visibly emaciated from day to day, became addicted to alcohol and gambling, and eventually neglected the family.

People murmured that even if she was dead or alive, she would have become a street prostitute and tarnished the family's name.

The Former Duke, Adwin Rodriguez, who longed for a reunion with his daughter for the rest of his life, died without ever seeing Helen's face, and his eldest son, Andrew Rodriguez, became the head.

Andrew, who had inherited the position of the Duke, was also desperate to find his step-sister. Until the moment of his death, his father urged Andrew that he must find his sister.

Over tens of thousands of flyers had been distributed across the country so far, but this was the first time that a portrait of Helen, who would have become an adult, had been released.

This was a painting based on a portrait of her as a child, a fictional painting that imagined what Helen would have looked like has she become an adult. With the determination to find his sister, Andrew made a clever move.

“It’s like looking in a mirror.”

But Andrew's large flyers were rather poisonous. He made a rat-like Shelly twist. At this point, if Shelly had another woman, she would have had false expectations that the Duke's lost sister was really her.

However, Shelly knew her reality. The woman in the portrait looked remarkably like herself, but she could easily tell that she was not Duke Rodriguez's lost sister.

The secret of her birth, which can only be seen usually in new dramas and skits, was a distant story to her.

Born in an old cottage on a cold winter day, Shelly knew who her mother was.

Her mother was lying with her legs spread apart, drooling, and high on drugs. A prostitute had to suck a married man's penis through her lower hole while breastfeeding her child.

After being destroyed by his legal wife and commits suicide in front of her. Her so-called dad gives her the name Shelly. It was a name that didn’t even show a single word of sincerity, let alone love.

She didn't even have a last name. Because her stepmom doesn't accept her.

As soon as Shelly was ten, her stepmother tried to put the child on the slave market.

Her father was already addicted to drugs, and he did not even recognize her daughter and child. So Shelly fled for her life. From the disgusting brothel.

And now in the present time they want to sell her again, then she decided to leave for good and away From her damn father.

After that, she wandered the streets, and meet her childhood friend John and his wife. Recently, she was delivering bread to customers and she finds this flyer.

Holding the flyer in her hand, Shelly licked her lips. She no longer wanted to lead a life like this. Her purple eyes twinkled with joy.

“Helen Rodriguez …….”

The name of a woman she has never met before, but it stuck to Shelly's mouth as if she had been Helen Rodriguez from birth. Having finished the calculation, she rolled up the corners of her mouth.

..............

And a week later. Shelly knocked on Duke Rodriguez's door. To be Helen Rodriguez, a woman so sought after by the Duke.

"Brother……? Are you my older brother?”

Curiously, Shelly burst into tears as soon as she saw Duke Andrew Rodriguez's face.

The skill she learned most quickly during her long hours of travelling the streets was none other than false acting.

“Are you Helen?”

Andrew asked with his characteristic slow gaze. Shelly was surprised when she saw the Duke’s face for the first time.

" He could charm a woman at once because he was such a handsome man." was her only thought after seeing him close.

Beautiful purple hair rested on his straight forehead. Beautifully sparkling purple eyes as if embedded in jewels, and transparent skin as if even his veins could be seen.

Finely extended eyebrows and distinct features made people enchanted by him in an instant.

Shelly pretended to wipe her tears by lowering her head to hide her blushing face involuntarily.

Soon there sniffles were heard from all over the place. The Duke's employees who were watching eventually burst into tears.

Shelly's performance was so perfect that it was enough to be seen as a touching reunion for a family separated by an accident as a child.

Andrew, who was sitting in the office chair, strode towards Shelly with his long legs. She didn’t know what kind of perfume he was using, but a subtle scent followed as he approached.

Andrew reached out and clasped Shelly's thin chin before she could feel his scent at the tip of her nose. Then he turned her face back and forth.

Eyes of the same colour met each other. The colour of their eyes was so similar that it was believable that they were of the same bloodline.

“Andrew Br, brother…….”

Shelly's voice calling out to Andrew was pathetic.

Contrary to her act of facing him with a gaze of confidence, her heart was beating loudly. It was because she thought he would notice at once that she was not his real sister.

But she never escaped Andrew's tenacious gaze. After all, all her life, she had been living in the gutter itself. She could no longer back down or escape. There was no other option, except to die or collapse. And finally…….

“You look alike.”

The words she desperately wanted to hear came out of Andrew's mouth. Finally, Shelly smiled brightly.

“I realised it the moment I saw my brother’s face. We really…… do look alike!”

“How have you been living alone?”

Andrew held her tightly in her arms without questioning her much.

Shelly was breathless as she embraced his firm and wide chest because it was her first time being held in the arms of a man.

However, no matter how fake it was, she thought that she should not show shyness as he would become her older brother in the future.

Shelly mustered up the courage to wrap her arms around Andrew's waist. Andrew's waist was very hard as if she was hugging a giant tree.

“…… I made a living doing this and that.”

“You could have become a street prostitute. Wasn’t there a lot of temptation?"

With that said, Andrew's gaze, scanning Shelly's face and body, became instantly explicit. Perhaps because he was born a nobleman, he had the power to immobilize people with just his eyes.

“Of course, there were many temptations, but……. Still, in the corner of my heart, I always had the desire to be honest. Although I suffered from the daily nightmare of poverty and hunger, I persevered. I didn't want to do anything embarrassing to myself, brother."

To her, her false acting to live was like her life’s calling. There was no hesitation on Shelly's face as she was deceiving the noble Duke.

“Why haven’t you come home before?”

“…… After the accident, I couldn't remember anything. It wasn’t until I saw the portrait in the flyer that I realized my existence.”

“What name have you lived by until now?”

“Shelly. There is no last name. I was wandering the streets.”

“My sister’s name was Helen Rodriguez.”

“Helen Rodriguez ……. Ah, I might remember...….”

Shelly gripped her hair and frowned. She tried her best to play Helen, who lost her memory after the carriage accident.

“That’s enough. You don't have to force yourself to find your old name. Whether you're Shelly or Helen, the fact that you're my little sister doesn't change. I’ll call you Shelly until you get used to this place."

"Why. You are so thoughtful, brother.”

“Welcome back. My dear sister, Shelly.”

Andrew smiled brightly and kissed the back of 's hand. The sweet smile shook Shelly's heart again.

It was the moment when she realized that she was very weak to a handsome man.

...............

Everyone congratulated Duke Rodriguez.

 The beautiful youngest daughter of the Late Duke Rodriguez, who had gone missing in the accident and left many grieving, had finally returned, and everyone was partying and toasting every day.

Andrew immediately requested an attorney to drop the report of Helen Rodriguez's disappearance.

 Although she was allowed to die more than five years after her disappearance under the laws of the kingdom, Duke Rodriguez had waited patiently for Helen without declaring her death.

His glimmer of hope that she might be alive somewhere had finally paid off.

But this joy was short-lived. No matter how much Shelly resembled the lost sister, it would be absurd to conclude a paternity test, and the Duke's Senate argued for a test.

 It wasn't that difficult to do a paternity test. The former Duke Adwin was already dead, but one of his belongings, a diamond locket, had the former Duke’s hair sealed.

It was as if he had foreseen that something like this would happen in the future.

But Andrew was very angry at this. The reason was that he would look pathetic if he couldn't even recognize the face of his only sister.

 It was the first time that the young Duke, perceived to resemble his father's personality, showed such anger. Against him, the resistance of the senate melted away.

Shelly was also relieved by Andrew's treatment. But she had to be prepared just in case because she had to plan to run away immediately if she ever had to do a paternity test.

Shelly roamed around the mansion, determined to take whatever she could.

The Duke’s mansion was admirably luxurious. Marble floors and high ceilings, large chandeliers and famous paintings of the gods. Everything was antique.

Even if she lifted her head a little, everything in all directions was expensive.

When she woke up in the morning, several servants came into the room, washed Shelly's body with warm water, and helped decorate. Dressed in a soft, silky silk dress, Shelly looked in the mirror and looked around herself.

 It was the first time in her life that she had worn such an expensive dress, so she smiled.

‘Shelly Rodriguez.’

It was the moment when she finally had her last name, which she had not had for twenty years.

If you think about it, Shelly Rodriguez was a more attractive name than Helen Rodriguez. A street worker at best, she grew bolder day by day.

Life at the Duke’s mansion was so luxurious that there was hardly any time to be bored. At first, Shelly was awkward giving instructions to the servants, but as time went on, she looked after them as if she were the hostess of the family.

Every day, a sumptuous meal was brought to the table, and in the evenings she always ate with Andrew.

The meal was delightful. Andrew wasn't very talkative, but just looking at his face was a lot of fun. If possible, she thought that it wouldn't be bad to live in the mansion for the rest of her life with that handsome man's face in her eyes.

She hoped there would be no paternity tests...…. Shelly hoped so.

“Pfft.”

Today, after dinner with Andrew, Shelly came back to her room and burst into laughter. She looked down at her ring finger.

There was a jewellery necklace, which Andrew presented to her as a commemoration of their reunion. Where could you find a brother who was so caring and kind? A laugh escaped Shelly's lips.

‘Do you like it?’

‘Oh, my goodness. It is so pretty. Brother!'

'I'm glad you like it.'

'I'm embarrassed to say this, but...…. I love you, brother.

Saying ‘I love you’ was not an empty feeling.

How could she not love the one and only brother who generously gave her everything?

purple diamond attached in the centre of the necklace which resembles the sibling's eyes and their connection to each other and comes in a set with a necklace and brooch.

purple diamond is from the continent across the far sea costing the equivalent of several buildings in the capital. It was simply a huge windfall.

 There was no need to steal other jewels from the mansion. Because this diamond alone would allow her to play and eat for the rest of her life.

“Everything is really easy. He's an innocent count with a handsome face."

Shelly smiled innocently, thinking that everything was in the palm of her hand.