My Ex's Powerful Uncle Is My True Mate

“At my engagement party, my fiancé's mistress smiled sweetly before deliberately shoving me backward into the freezing lake. My fiancé, Julian, dove into the water without a second thought. But instead of saving me, his betrothed, he swam right past my drowning body to rescue the woman who had just pushed me. "My god, he went for Miss Cohen first instead of Lady Seraphina!" The cruel whispers of the noble guests reached me through the water, identical to the ones from my past life. In that previous life, I flailed and screamed, surviving only to be framed by them, stripped of my dignity, and driven to a pathetic death while Julian and his mistress lived happily ever after. His powerful family watched me suffer, blaming me for ruining their pristine reputation while turning a blind eye to his blatant betrayal. I never understood why my years of absolute devotion were repaid with such vicious cruelty, or why I had to be the sacrificial lamb for their disgusting love story. But reborn, I didn't panic or fight the freezing water. As the icy darkness swallowed me, a dark shape sliced through the murky depths, and a powerful arm yanked me to the surface. It wasn't my fiancé, but Gideon Carlisle-Julian's terrifying, untouchable uncle and the Commander of the kingdom's deadliest guard. Wrapped in his heavy coat under the shocked gaze of the crowd, I smiled. This time, I wouldn't just break the engagement, I would tear Julian's pride to shreds.”