Deserted on My Wedding Day, I Became Empress

Claire Carter is married into the Hale Family under an engagement arranged by her ancestors, expecting a future shaped by that old promise. On the very day she becomes a bride, her groom walks away and leaves her alone at the altar. Humiliated and betrayed, Claire must decide how to face the family that abandoned her and the court that will judge her next move. The story turns on her quiet, determined path from a deserted wife toward a position of power.