Do Not Hold on to the Broken Branch

Also known as Bureojin Gaji reul Japji Maseyo · 부러진 가지를 잡지 마세요 · 捨てた婚約者からの求婚

Story by Jocopia (조코피아) · Art by CAPTAIN (선장)

Synopsis

When her father's scheme to place his son-in-law on a neighboring kingdom's throne ends in failure, Deirdre loses her fiancé and must scramble to protect her family from the fallout. Her solution: a political marriage to the emperor's most trusted knight. Humiliating enough for the daughter of a duke — but the real problem is the man himself. Lucius Elliot, the emperor's most prized knight, is the very same lover she was forced to part with six years ago at her father's insistence. Back then, a revelation that he was illegitimate stripped Lucius of his title and lands; caught in a web of misunderstandings, the two separated and he was sent off to war. Now, six years later, their positions have shifted and they stand face to face once more — carrying the weight of old wounds. As Lucius acts in ways she cannot tell are driven by revenge or lingering feeling, Deirdre finds her heart slowly breaking all over again.