Stardust_Venusz
"She lived in a golden cage, stripped of love. He was the warmth she never knew she needed."
To the outside world, Alina has it all-wealth, luxury, and an enviable life. But behind the iron gates of her grand mansion lies a broken, forgotten girl. Unwanted by her parents and shattered by loss, Alina retreats into a dark world of intense isolation and emotional numbness. To her, love is a fiction, and survival is a daily burden.
When her only emotional anchor-her devoted nanny-passes away, Alina's last thread of connection to the world snaps. Enter Krist, the nanny's son. Carrying his own immense grief, Krist steps into Alina's cold, chaotic world, determined to honor his mother's legacy.
Alina builds high walls around her heart, meeting Krist with icy silence and unpredictable rage. But Krist sees past her sharp defenses to the drowning girl inside.
Can Krist's quiet patience melt the ice around Alina's broken soul? Or will the shadows of her past and her family's dark motives destroy them both before love can even bloom?
A heartbreaking, deeply emotional tale of trauma, healing, and an unyielding bond born out of shared grief.