Amelia and Victoria were twin sisters of the Sterling family. At birth, a seer prophesied that one of them would bring ruin to the family, so Amelia was deemed the unlucky one and confined to the deepest courtyard of the estate, while Victoria was cherished as a pearl. Originally, Victoria was supposed to marry the cold Earl Alexander, but out of fear, she begged her parents to let Amelia take her place. During the three-year marriage, Amelia endured Alexander's indifference silently, with only Nanny Beatrice showing her kindness. However, Victoria, coveting Amelia's identity and marriage, spent two years imitating her voice and appearance, eventually starving and poisoning Amelia to death, burying her under the pear tree in the estate, and pretending to be Amelia to stay by Alexander's side. Amelia's ghost floated in the world, watching Victoria's pretense and Alexander's growing suspicion of the "wife" beside him. Eventually, Alexander noticed flaws through details like pear blossom cakes and deboned fish, investigated the truth, exhumed Amelia's body, and punished Lord Sterling and Victoria. Amelia, seeing her enemies brought to justice, her mother's remorse, and Alexander's belated affection, finally let go and left in peace.