Cook Bride of the Dragon King

Bessie, a low-ranking dragon clan cook, was the adopted daughter of the Lancaster family. After four years of marriage into the Graves earldom, she was cast out by her cheating husband Karen, and took her daughter Lena with her to work as a cook in a tavern in Windvale Town. Lex, the Dragon King, travels incognito with his son Kai, and Kai is so conquered by Bessie's cooking that he immediately plays matchmaker and pushes his father into a whirlwind marriage. Lex hides his identity as the Dragon King and poses as a "guard," repeatedly resolving crises in secret while constantly teetering on the edge of being exposed. Bessie builds everything from scratch, and the two go from a marriage of convenience to genuine affection.

Bessie opens a restaurant, takes over the tavern, and forms a trade caravan, rising step by step to the top of Windvale's business world. During this time, Kai suddenly suffers a bloodline backlash, and Bessie saves him by giving her own blood—accidentally revealing that she is the daughter of the founder of the Thorne Chamber of Commerce, and the long-lost younger sister of Lex's deceased wife. In the end, Bessie presents irrefutable evidence at the chamber's grand assembly, clears her father's name, sends Barov and Karen to prison, and retakes control of the Thorne Chamber of Commerce. Lex still hasn't revealed his identity, but the family of four is already inseparable.