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After losing her mother at a young age, Cynthia Harrison grows up under the cruel rule of her stepmother and stepsisters, Janet and Grace. Treated more like a servant than a daughter, she endures years of neglect and abuse in silence.
When her father's company faces bankruptcy, Cynthia becomes the family's sacrifice. To save the business, she is forced into an arranged marriage with Ethan Chicomaru, New York City's youngest billionaire and most eligible bachelor.
To the world, their marriage looks like a fairytale.
Behind closed doors, it's anything but.
Cold, distant, and emotionally unavailable, Ethan makes it clear that their marriage is merely a business arrangement. They live as strangers under the same roof, each carrying wounds from their past.
But when Ethan accidentally discovers the scars Cynthia has spent years hiding, everything begins to change.
As secrets unravel and feelings deepen, the line between obligation and love starts to blur. What begins as a marriage of convenience slowly transforms into a passionate romance filled with healing, betrayal, jealousy, heartbreak, and redemption.
In a world where everyone underestimated her, Cynthia must learn that she is worth more than the sacrifices she was forced to make-and Ethan must decide whether love is worth risking the walls he's spent a lifetime building.
A slow-burn billionaire romance about an unwanted daughter, a guarded billionaire, and a love neither of them saw coming.