hansora

Despite being betrayed by her boyfriend, the neglected heiress Lariette Elsher is still forced to marry him – all because her family wants to appease the fake daughter. The one she was switched at birth with.

Screw this! She's done playing nice!

Devasted and enraged, Lariette seeks her friend's help – to pick the best man at her butler cafe to be her contracted husband. 

Enter Ruediger Alvord, infamously known as the poor outcast of the Alvord family, the Elsher's family nemesis. He proposes to be Lariette's partner-in-crime, to wreak havoc in both families.

While Lariette is busy getting her revenge, she fails to notice her contracted husband's strange behavior. She also fails to recognize him from a distant past.

Before>
Ruediger: I have nothing much on my name but, I can be a good househusband.
Lariette: It's okay. I can feed you.

After>
Ruediger: Do you want that house? It's nothing much. Only one billion.
Lariette: Aren't you just... a househusband?

Since when is her husband a billionaire?!
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WSA 2025 Entry

Exclusive cover illustration by @khaizusan (Instagram)
Font and design by LotusLin

We'll have two main couples in this story. Their romance will be shown simultaneously instead of in different volumes :)

First: Neglected heiress FL X hidden bigshot ML
Second: Returned with a bun FL X groveling husband ML

Heiress' Househusband is a Secret Billionaire

Rain lashed against Lariette's face as she sprinted into the forest. Her feet were only protected by the thin layer of a pair of home slippers.

Almost slipping on the wet ground a few times, Lariette kicked the slippers off. She resumed her run, her feet hurt under the broken twigs and rocks.

Lariette breathed raggedly once she hid behind a trunk. She faintly heard the men shouting behind her, their footsteps crunched through the underbushes. The men's angry screams still echoed in the downpour.

'This won't do. The cave? No... I can't hide there. The tides are rising.'

Still panting, Lariette looked around the area, her brain moving rapidly. Ahead, she spotted a tall tree with dense, low-hanging branches. A glimmer of hope flickered in her heart.

Among the Branches